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Working Paper 2009-121 Abstract In the present paper we study the distributive impact of institutional change in developing countries. In

Working Paper 2009-120 Abstract The most general and central principle of social and economic optimality and justice is shown to

Working Paper 2009-119 Abstract Authors: Serge-Christophe Kolm. Keywords: JEL: Download Working Paper 119 (PDF)

Working Paper 2009-118 Abstract Authors: . Keywords: Poverty, decomposition, expenditure patterns, necessities, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, bootstrap, equivalence scale. JEL: H53, I38

Working Paper 2009-117 Abstract We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition methods can be reconciled with regression methodology used in

Working Paper 2009-116 Abstract A particular scale-invariant index of poverty is subjected to careful analysis. This leads to a new

Working Paper 2009-116 Abstract A particular scale-invariant index of poverty is subjected to careful analysis. This leads to a new

Working Paper 2009-115 Abstract Authors: Vito Peragine , Ernesto Savaglio , Stefano Vannucci . Keywords: Poverty, opportunity sets, head-count, poverty-gap.

Working Paper 2009-114 Abstract We investigate under which conditions it is possible to infer the evolution of poverty at the

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