In all researches conducted on Iran’s economy, the researchers have paid focal attention to Gini coefficient calculations, its trend analysis and the impact of macroeconomic variables on income distribution. Some have tried Cozentes hypothesis. The shortcomings of the previous studies are in the areas of pinpointing inequality increase or decrease factors (not just their share of the whole ineq...

  Background and Objectives: Due to importance of income as a social determinant of health and the role of food inequality in Peoples’ health, this study tended to investigate the changes of inequality in nutritional status during 1989-2005 in urban and rural areas of Kerman province furthermore comparing of this trend with corresponding values in National level was examined.   Materials and Me...

One of the issues discussed in economy is the socioeconomic inequality in the society. Income mobility is another measure which indicates the degree of inequality of opportunity in a society. The extent of income mobility depends on socio-economic status of the individuals. Different socio-economic status leads to further inequality and increases inequality of opportunity. Such inequalities l...

Environmental quality is affected by many factors such as economic and political inequality. The main purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of income and political inequality on the environment quality in the selected countries. Using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), the effects of gini coefficient, democracy index and income per capita, energy consumption and human deve...

Definition of poverty, nowadays, has gone beyond income poverty and extended to categories such as lack of access to education and health, equal opportunities, privation of social and individual capabilities, including the lack of political and social freedom, Lack of enjoyment of participation in social institutions, violation of civil rights. Inequality and poverty reduction strategies have a...