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On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in selected EU countries

Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2008

-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …

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New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Selected OECD Countries, 1981 - 2007

Sharpe, Andrew; Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report presents new estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and its four domains (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, economic equality, and economic security) for 14 OECD countries for the 1980-2007 period. It finds that in 2007 Norway had the highest level of economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489033

Measuring Economic Security in Insecure Times: New Perspectives, New Events, and the Index of Economic Well-being

Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

, single-parent poverty, and old-age poverty – are discussed. The second objective is to consider the adequacy of our framework …

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The Economic Crises Through the Lens of Economic Well-being

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

about 4 percentage points in the after-tax poverty rate, which would reach 13.2 per cent in 2010. …

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New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Canada and the Provinces, 1981 - 2008

Sharpe, Andrew; Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report presents new estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and its four domains (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, economic equality and economic security) for Canada and the provinces for the 1981-2008 period. It finds that the IEWB advanced at a 1.20 per cent average...

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Living Standards Domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

and wealth of Canadians over time, including trends in poverty. Part three discusses trends in income fluctuations or … and 2008. Indeed, Canadians experienced a widening of income and wealth inequalities. There have been poverty reductions …

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Multidimensional poverty and inequality

Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2014

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

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Energy poverty in Italy

Faiella, Ivan; Lavecchia, Luciano - Banca d'Italia - 2014

no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …

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La composizione familiare e lï¿½imposta sul reddito delle persone fisiche: unï¿½analisi degli effetti redistributivi e alcune considerazioni sul benessere sociale

Marino, Maria Rosaria; Rapallini, Chiara - Banca d'Italia - 2003

The paper provides an evaluation of the redistribution effects stemming from the changes to the personal income tax introduced in the last decade. The analysis confirms that between 1989 and 2001 the net average tax rate increased for all taxpayers and, above all, for one-earner couples. The...

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Measurement of income distribution in supranational entities: the case of the European Union

Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2007

each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …

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