Opportunity-sensitive poverty measurement
Working Paper 2013-317 Abstract We axiomatically characterize two classes of poverty measures which are sensitive to inequality of opportunity –
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-317 Abstract We axiomatically characterize two classes of poverty measures which are sensitive to inequality of opportunity –
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-316 Abstract We perform the first comprehensive fiscal incidence analyses in Brazil and the US, including direct cash
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-315 Abstract How much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished in Latin America through social spending, subsidies,
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-314 Abstract We propose a characterisation of an aggregate measure of growth that takes into account the initial
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-313 Abstract In the case of France, we analyse the changes in the wage value of each education
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-312 Abstract This paper proposes an explanation for the decrease in social mobility that has occurred in the
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-311 Abstract This paper looks at the association between wage satisfaction and different notions of reference wage, based
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-310 Abstract This paper develops a criterion of opportunity equalization, that is consistent with theoretical views of equality
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-309 Abstract Poverty reduction has emerged as a fundamental objective of development and hence a metric for assessing
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-308 Abstract The “Palma” is the ratio of national income shares of the top 10 percent of households
Read MoreWorking Paper 2013-307 Abstract In the paper, a combined approach is used to test for inequality differences of several well-being
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