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Working Paper 2014-335 Abstract Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might

Working Paper 2014-334 Abstract This paper analyses the effects of the recent Economic Crisis on individual preferences for redistribution in

Working Paper 2014-333 Abstract In this paper we explore the reasons for the trend reversal in the development of household

Working Paper 2014-332 Abstract The Luxembourg Income Study (now known as LIS) provides public access for research purposes to harmonized

Working Paper 2014-331 Abstract This paper contributes to the debate over the relationship between inequality and inclusive growth by testing

Working Paper 2014-330 Abstract A usual interpretation of the high performance of the German economy since 2006 is that the

Working Paper 2014-329 Abstract In this paper, we measure the effect of changing capital income shares upon inequality of gross

Working Paper 2014-328 Abstract This paper seeks to extend the unidimensional notion of Lorenz dominance to the multidimensional context. It

Working Paper 2014-327 Abstract Individual income is determined by free-will actions related to the level of effort exerted and by

Working Paper 2014-326 Abstract Western governments increasingly place more emphasis on non-income dimensions in measuring national well-being (e.g. the UK,

Working Paper 2014-325 Abstract Atkinson’s Theorem (Atkinson, 1970) is a classic result in inequality measurement. It establishes Lorenz dominance as