Economics of Inequality and Derivation

Describe the evolution of inequality in a country of your choice (The preferred country of discussion is South Africa or Nigeria but generally you can use any country except USA, CHINA, GERMANY and UK). Illustrate your discussion using data you have collected and displayed in the form of tables or graphs. In your discussion, using graphs please show the trends in the following: Gini Coefficient, share of income going to top 1%, Earnings of top deciles as % of median, Quantile ratios, General Entropy Index (GE index decomposes overall inequality into Sub-groups) trends, Discuss the potential reasons behind the changes in inequality that you observe. The word limit of this essay is 1500 words.

Referencing style: Harvard System of Referencing

Deadline             : 13 November 2016 at 12 noon(GMT).