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Working Paper 2021-583 Abstract In this paper we bridge the gap between two different approaches to measure inequality: one based

Working Paper 2021-582 Abstract Using microsimulations this paper analyzes the poverty and tax implications of replacing current transfers and subsidies

Working Paper 2021-581 Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks

Working Paper 2021-580 Abstract Despite being the poorest or second poorest participant, Vietnam performed much better than all other developing

Working Paper 2021-579 Abstract We estimate yearly inequality in anticipated lifetime earnings—a lower bound on “true” inequality that would apply

Working Paper 2021-578 Abstract The increasing growth of forced displacement worldwide has brought more attention to measuring poverty among refugee

Working Paper 2021-577 Abstract In many developing countries, the increasing public interest in monitoring economic inequality and mobility is hindered

Working Paper 2021-576 Abstract I propose analysing the dynamics of income positions using dynamic panel ordered probit models. I disentangle,

Working Paper 2021-575 Abstract We review the channels through which the different dimensions of globalization and their interactions impact inequality

Working Paper 2021-574 Abstract This paper asks whether prioritarianism – the view that social welfare orderings should give explicit priority

Working Paper 2021-573 Abstract This paper looks at the social policy responses to the Great Recession and the COVID-19 crisis