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This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it outlines three aspects preliminary to any multidimensional study: the selection of the relevant dimensions; the indicators used to measure them; and the procedures for their...
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In the last 15 years the Italian employment structure has undergone some radical changes. As a result, the proportion of high-skilled jobs (managers and professionals) has increased at the expense of medium-skilled jobs (clerks). Differently from the US, in Italy (and in many other European...
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This paper studies the correlation between inequality, measured by the Gini coefficent of incomes, and the growth rate of per capita GDP in a panel of countries between the late 1950s and late 1990s. Inequality Granger causes growth with a negative coefficient, while growth Granger causes...
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In the economic literature on mobility measurement issues are generally disregarded. The aim of the paper is to assess their impact on the analysis of Italian households' mobility across the wealth distribution in the 1989-2004 period. The paper shows that response (or measurement) errors and...
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Poverty is generally defined as income or expenditure insufficiency, but the economic condition of a household also … household net worth. We review and assess two main approaches followed in the literature: income-net worth measures and asset …
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selection we estimate the impact of income shocks on the probability of recording a delinquency. We find that since 2008 the …
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workers, and economic disadvantages in terms of household income and wealth. We show that the instability of women�s work … income households; the chances of further childbirth are significantly and negatively affected by household income insecurity …
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In this paper we examine credit market participation and financial vulnerability by income, making use of a large …, mainly as a result of slower debt repayment. Developments differed across income classes: the new borrowers were mainly … concentrated in higher income classes, while the slowdown in debt repayment was more pronounced for the middle and lower income …
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In most countries household debt increased from the 1990s until the crisis of 2007-2008 before stabilizing due to recession and deleveraging. However, there are national differences in household debt/GDP ratios. This paper studies the determinants of household debt, using a 32-country dataset...
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