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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

Working Paper 2012-247 Abstract In this paper, following the literature on well-being, we propose an aggregate measure of employment deprivation

Working Paper 2012-246 Abstract Bennett and Hatzimasoura (2011) derive a new class of poverty measures suitable for ordinal variables. These

Working Paper 2012-244 Abstract The predictions from the traditional North-South HOS approach are at variance with the main characteristics of