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Inequality

Inequality is a structural condition and analytic concept in the social sciences that denotes systematic, durable, and consequential disparities in the distribution of resources, opportunities, and power among individuals or groups, typically organized along axes such as class, race, gender, and space.

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On the measurement of inequality

Anthony B. Atkinson · Journal of Economic Theory · 1970 · 6.4K citations

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The upper bound revisited

Lloyd M. Robeson · Journal of Membrane Science · 2008 · 5.8K citations

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Social determinants of health inequalities

Michael Marmot · The Lancet · 2005 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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Probability Inequalities for Sums of Bounded Random Variables

Wassily Hoeffding · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1963 · 4.8K citations

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Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998

Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2003 · 3.8K citations

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  1. SS
    Sever S Dragomir

    Victoria University, Australia

    117 publications · 5.3K citations

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  2. ‎P
    ‎Josip Pečarić

    University of Zagreb, Croatia

    169 publications · 4.9K citations

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  3. YC
    Yu‐Ming Chu

    Huzhou University, China

    73 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. MA
    Muhammad Aslam Noor

    COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan

    57 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. RK
    Ravi Kanbur

    Cornell University, United States

    44 publications · 4.1K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    71 h-index

    174 publications

    39.9K citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    69 h-index

    231 publications

    23.9K citations

  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    69 h-index

    248 publications

    41.8K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    63 h-index

    245 publications

    18.2K citations

  5. World Bank

    Washington, United States

    62 h-index

    168 publications

    35.3K citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    60 h-index

    148 publications

    27K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    56 h-index

    171 publications

    25K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    55 h-index

    159 publications

    24.8K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 155 publications · 28.5K citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 633 publications · 24.5K citations

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  3. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 113 publications · 19.3K citations

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  4. Review of Income and Wealth

    196 publications · 14.1K citations

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  5. World Development

    105 publications · 13.3K citations

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