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Working Paper 2013-284 Abstract Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in

Working Paper 2012-283 Abstract We propose and characterize a generalization of the classical linear index of individual deprivation based on

Working Paper 2012-282 Abstract We consider an extension of the class of multi-utility hyper-relations, the class of semi-decent hyper-relations. A

Working Paper 2012-281 Abstract Demographic disparities between the rates of occurrence of an adverse economic outcome can be observed to

Working Paper 2012-280 Abstract To analyse in-work poverty, we build a model in which human capital and productivity varies over

Working Paper 2012-279 Abstract Over the last thirty years, both developed and developing countries have experienced a huge globalization of

Working Paper 2012-278 Abstract We investigate the pro-poorness of Australia’s strong economic growth in the fi…rst decade of the XXI

Working Paper 2012-277 Abstract While PISA datasets have been used for measuring inequality of educational opportunity they have important limitations:

Working Paper 2012-276 Abstract Between 2003 and 2009, Argentina’s social spending as a share of GDP increased by 7.6 percentage

Working Paper 2012-275 Abstract This paper considers the problem of constructing a normatively significant multidimensional Gini index of relative inequality.

Working Paper 2012-274 Abstract We consider populations partitioned into groups, whose members are distributed across a finite number of classes