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Working Paper 2022-601 Abstract The Kakwani index of progressivity is commonly used to establish whether the effect of a specific

Working Paper 2022-600 Abstract We use data from the COME-HERE panel survey collected by the University of Luxembourg to assess

Working Paper 2022-599 Abstract This paper analyzes how the different mechanisms proposed to explain the inequality-growth relation are affected by

Working Paper 2022-598 Abstract This paper explores the evolution of inequality of opportunity in the prevalence ofchronic diseases along the

Working Paper 2022-597 Abstract We study attitudes towards the introduction of hypothetical new taxes to finance the cost of the

Working Paper 2021-596 Abstract We measure unfair health inequality in the UK using a novel data-driven empirical approach. We explain

Working Paper 2021-595 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic opens up a wide range of interesting issues related, on the one hand,

Working Paper 2021-594 Abstract The median voter theory of government size argues that increased income inequality brings about greater demand

Working Paper 2021-593 Abstract Governments face a potential trade-off between provision for the growing population in retirement and the support

Working Paper 2021-592 Abstract We apply the Kakwani approach to decomposing redistributive effect into average rate, progressivity, and reranking components

Working Paper 2021-591 Abstract This paper proposes a strategy to measure economic insecurity in countries in the Global South. It