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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609386
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Investors' risk attitude and risky behavior: a Bayesian approach with imperfect information
Iezzi, Stefano - Banca d'Italia - 2008
In a choice model of risky assets the role of risk aversion is analyzed. The measure of risk preference comes from a direct subjective survey question and it is considered as an imperfect information about the true risk attitude of investors. Misclassification between the true and the observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005111556
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099670
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100384
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La composizione familiare e l�imposta sul reddito delle persone fisiche: un�analisi 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113660
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005770782