The contribution of self-employment to income inequality. A decomposition analysis of inequality measures by sources and subgroups for Italy, 1998-2002

Name: The contribution of self-employment to income inequality. A decomposition analysis of inequality measures by sources and subgroups for Italy, 1998-2002
Brand: Vita e Pensiero
Availability: OnlineOnly

digital

The contribution of self-employment
to income inequality. A decomposition analysis of inequality measures by sources and subgroups for Italy, 1998-2002

Article

Magazine

STATISTICA & APPLICAZIONI

Section

Open Access

Title

The contribution of self-employment to income inequality. A decomposition analysis of inequality measures by sources and subgroups for Italy, 1998-2002

Authors

Rosalia Castellano, Claudio Quintano, Andrea Regoli

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

Format

Article |

Pdf

Pages

Language

English

Online from

06-2016

Issn

1824-6672 (print) | 2283-6659 (digital)

Write a comment for this product

Download

Ebook format Pdf readable on these devices:

Computer
with Software:
- Adobe PDF Reader
Android
iPhone/Ipad
with App:
- Adobe PDF Reader
E-Book Reader
Ibs Tolino
Kobo

Description Readers' comments

The aim of the paper is to investigate the role of income from selfemployment in accounting for both the level and the change in the overall inequality among the Italian households from 1998 to 2002. The data come from the Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) conducted by the Bank of Italy. Through a decomposition analysis of Gini index by income source we find that in the more recent years the income from self-employment is the main disequalizing factor even if its effect is offset at the aggregate level by the forces played by the other sources. The Gini decomposition by population groups provides the evidence of widening gaps in the average income among the groups. Indeed a strong increase in the average income for managers and self-employed other than entrepreneurs and professionals has increased the segmentation of the different groups.

Keywords: Gini decomposition, Income from self-employment, Relative Economic Affluence.

Authors biography

Claudio Quintano, Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la Ricerca Economica – Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope – via Medina, 40, 80133 NAPOLI (e-mail: quintcla@hotmail.com).
Rosalia Castellano, Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la Ricerca Economica – Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope – via Medina, 40, 80133 NAPOLI (e-mail: lia.castellano@uniparthenope.it).
Andrea Regoli, Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la Ricerca Economica – Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope – via Medina, 40, 80133 NAPOLI (e-mail: andrea.regoli@uniparthenope.it).

Enter a comment for The contribution of self-employment to income inequality. A decomposition analysis of inequality measures by sources and subgroups for Italy, 1998-2002