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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

Working Paper 2012-273 Abstract To analyse the globalization-inequality relationship, we extend the North-South HOS model by assuming (i) that the

Working Paper 2012-272 Abstract This paper is concerned with the interplay between demography and macroeconomics on one hand and macroeconomics

Working Paper 2012-271 Abstract In this paper, a new class of polarization measures is derived axiomatically. The concept of polarization

Working Paper 2012-270 Abstract In the face of past ambiguous results on growth effects of education when measured through school

Working Paper 2012-269 Abstract The structural progression of an income tax schedule measures how liabilities change with changes in the

Working Paper 2012-268 Abstract The paper proposes a method of identification of a growth pattern by analyzing the direct relation

Working Paper 2012-267 Abstract Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine

Working Paper 2012-266 Abstract Between 2000 and 2010, the Gini coefficient declined in 13 of 17 Latin American countries. The

Working Paper 2012-265 Abstract Taxes and transfers can have significant impacts on poverty and inequality. All standard measures are by