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in·e·qual·i·ty
/ ˌiniˈkwälitē/
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n.
(pl. -ties)
difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.; lack of equality:
social inequality |
the widening inequalities in income.
∎ archaic
lack of smoothness or regularity in a surface:
the inequality of the ground hindered their footing.
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Math.
the relation between two expressions that are not equal, employing a sign such as ≠ “not equal to,” > “greater than,” or < “less than.”
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Math.
a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are not equal.
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Inequality in Developing Asia
Magazine article from: Asian Development Review; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...AND NONINCOME INEQUALITIES IN DEVELOPING...high levels of inequality, especially when...levels of income inequality can coexist with high levels of inequality in areas that...particularly high income inequalities-have very unequal...
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Inequality Worsens across Asia, Wall Street Journal Cheers
Magazine article from: Dollars & Sense; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to report in August that increasing inequality was a serious problem for Asia's economies...editors, "is that all this talk of 'inequality' will lead to policies that, in the...a nation's income and reducing its inequality. It is not that the ADB's bean counters...
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Racial inequality: emphasis on explanations.
Magazine article from: The Western Journal of Black Studies; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Social inequality is a topic of long standing concern in the social science...article I will be concerned about one principal type of social inequality, i.e., racial inequality; however, in as much as inequality by race is but one instance...
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Inequality: now you see it, now you don't.(Back To Basics; economics)
Magazine article from: Finance & Development; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...policies that would reduce inequality in the future. Why? The...and the within-country inequality of income in the country...reduction in global income inequalities. The cross-country inequality measure is useful as an...
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Inequality in the world economy--by the numbers.(Interview)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Multinational Monitor; 7/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...always higher than inequality of income. Income...effects and so forth. Inequalities of wealth, that is...assuming that there is no inequality within a country...States. We ignore inequalities within nations; that...simplified picture of actual inequality. The difference in...
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Inequality in American manufacturing wages, 1920-1988: a revised estimate.
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...presented estimates of the evolution of inequality in hourly wage rates in American manufacturing...offer continuous monthly series for inequality in U.S. manufacturing wage rates...unemployment - in effect, that wage rate inequality is a macroeconomic variable. The new...
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Inequality and Growth in Modern China/Understanding Poverty and Inequality in China: Methods and Applications
Magazine article from: The China Journal; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Inequality and Growth in Modern China...spatial analysis of regional inequality by Patricio Aroca, Dong...inter-provincial inequalities in such attainment remain...chapter of Understanding Inequality and Poverty, Wan, Lu...
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Inequality Orderings, Normalized Stochastic Dominance, and Statistical Inference.
Magazine article from: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...procedures for an alternative approach to inequality orderings--normalized stochastic...Higher degrees of stochastic dominance; Inequality measurement; Stratified sample; U.S. family inequality. Economists have long been interested...
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Why inequality matters: some economic issues.
Magazine article from: Ethics & International Affairs; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Introduction High and growing inequality is the case not only in some industrialized...This essay is about why economic inequality matters in the developing and transitional...s population. Whether and why inequality matters is an old issue--going...
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Inequality in the four provinces of Pakistan.(INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND EMPLOYMENT)(Report)
Magazine article from: Pakistan Development Review; 12/22/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...Overall income inequality is decomposed...categories of inequalities in such a...exclusively due to inequalities within provinces. Inequality is highest...weighted sum of inequalities within each...province plus the inequality between provinces...
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Inequalities
Book article from: Mathematics
Inequalities An inequality is a mathematical statement that looks...oldest" and "smallest." Solving Inequalities Every possible equation can be made into an inequality. Furthermore, inequalities are solved the same way as equations...
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Inequality, Income
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Inequality, Income Income inequality is an important aspect of the economic and social well-being...poorer ” is synonymous with rising income and wealth inequality. Both affluent and poor countries experience some degree of...
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Inequality
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...Multiple bases of inequality: conceptual issues...relationship between inequality and class, gender...ethnic, and gender inequalities carry on in later life...these dimensions of inequality in midlife (e.g...
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Inequality, Racial
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...250). Racial inequality in turn can be...Societies where racial inequalities are high are characterized...persistent racial inequalities are a product...That is, racial inequality implies that access...justification for the inequalities they experienced...theories of racial ...
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University of Texas Inequality Project
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
University of Texas Inequality Project A new body of empirical literature on economic inequality emerged in the early- and mid-1990s that...about the relationship between income and inequality levels. His hypothesis was that if one...
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