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Working Paper 2009-113 Abstract Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However,

Working Paper 2009-112 Abstract This paper aims at analyzing the redistributive impact that the inclusion of imputed rental market value

Working Paper 2009-111 Abstract Authors: Walter Bossert , Conchita D’Ambrosio. Keywords: Insecurity, Wealth Distribution, Social Index Numbers JEL: D63 Download

Working Paper 2009-110 Abstract A microeconomic model is developed, which accurately predicts the shape of personal income distribution (PID) in

Working Paper 2009-109 Abstract The family of multidimensional poverty indices introduced by Bourguignon and Chakravarty (Journal of Economic Inequality, 2003)

Working Paper 2009-108 Abstract To measure income inequality with right censored (topcoded) data, we propose multiple imputation for censored observations

Working Paper 2009-107 Abstract Basically, the extensive theoretical and empirical literature on the interactions between growth/development and distribution can be

Working Paper 2009-106 Abstract The study of multidimensional deprivation has become one of the most relevant lines of research in

Working Paper 2008-89 Abstract This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using

Working Paper 2008-87 Abstract We examine the measurement of individual poverty in an intertemporal context. In contrast to earlier contributions,

Working Paper 2008-86 Abstract Authors: Leonardo Becchetti , Giuseppina Gianfreda . Keywords: Fair trade, health, impact study JEL: O19, O22,