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Working Paper 2015-368 Abstract A long-lasting scientific and policy debate queries the impact of growth on distribution. A specific branch

Working Paper 2015-367 Abstract It is sometimes argued that poorer people choose to work less, implying less welfare inequality than

Working Paper 2015-366 Abstract This paper revisits the earlier assessments of the Palma Proposition and the ‘Palma Ratio’. The former

Working Paper 2015-365 Abstract This paper makes new estimates of global poverty and inequality in 2012 using both `old’, 2005

Working Paper 2015-364 Abstract Does the way scholars measure inequality of opportunity correspond to how people perceive it? To answer

Working Paper 2015-363 Abstract Whether the poor are helped or hurt by taxes and transfers is generally determined by comparing

Working Paper 2015-362 Abstract When economic growth (or economic decline) takes place, who benefits and who is hurt how much?

Working Paper 2015-361 Abstract When measuring poverty with counting measures, it is worth inquiring into the conditions prompting poverty reduction

Working Paper 2015-360 Abstract In the context of the binomial decomposition of OWA functions, we investigate the parametric constraints associated

Working Paper 2015-359 Abstract Building on earlier work by political philosophers, economists have recently sought to define a concept of

Working Paper 2015-358 Abstract We use top income data and the newly developed regime switching Gaussian mixture vector autoregressive model