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Working Paper 2012-258 Abstract We review the literature on the links between inequality, growth and welfare. Three questions are addressed:

Working Paper 2012-257 Abstract A natural concern with multivariate poverty measures, as well as with other composite indices, is the

Working Paper 2012-256 Abstract We review the theoretical and empirical economic literature upon income inequality in emerging countries. We firstly

Working Paper 2012-255 Abstract Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered

Working Paper 2012-254 Abstract We introduce and characterize axiomatically a diversity criterion, capturing individual dissimilarity as ‘revealed’ by the different

Working Paper 2012-253 Abstract We consider the classical inequality measures due to Gini, Bonferroni, and De Vergottini and we present

Working Paper 2012-252 Abstract This paper develops new decompositions of the redistributive, vertical and horizontal effects of the fiscal system,

Working Paper 2012-251 Abstract Widespread agreement that poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing deprivations along multiple dimensions, clashes with often

Working Paper 2012-250 Abstract Different profiles of female participation and part-time employment can be observed within Europe. The aim of

Working Paper 2012-249 Abstract Conventional wisdom predicts that changes in macroeconomic conditions significantly affect income inequality. In this paper we

Working Paper 2012-248 Abstract We establish the conditions under which a close functional relationship between objective and subjective inequality measures