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Working Paper 2016-404 Abstract We propose the first class of relative bipolarisation measures which are both percentile-independent and rank-independent. These

Working Paper 2016-403 Abstract The sensitivity of the frequency of poverty to economic growth is one of the central issues

Working Paper 2016-402 Abstract This paper analyses the relationship between the gender division of housework time of parents, with children

Working Paper 2016-401 Abstract Lv, Wang, and Xu (2015) recently characterized a new class of ordinal inequality measures axiomatically. In

Working Paper 2016-400 Abstract Entrepreneurs and freelancers, the self-employed, commonly are characterized as not only to be relatively rich in

Working Paper 2016-399 Abstract In the multidimensional well-being literature, it has been long advocated that it is important to consider

Working Paper 2016-398 Abstract Most non-monetary development indicators are bounded and many of them are presented in terms of either

Working Paper 2016-397 Abstract Education is a strong predictor for economic performance. Therefore, educational inequality particularly in opportunity could make

Working Paper 2016-396 Abstract While inter-generational income mobility is commonly understood to be socially desirable in that it promotes equality

Working Paper 2016-395 Abstract What is the welfare effect of a price change? This simple question is one of the

Working Paper 2016-394 Abstract Equality of opportunity is usually defined as a situation where the effect of circumstances on outcome