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Money and uncertainty : inflation, interest, indexation ; Banca d'Italia, Roma, 6 novembre 1992
Drèze, Jacques H. - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000877254
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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099670
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A gender equality index for the Italian regions
Amici, Monica; Stefani, Maria Lucia - Banca d'Italia - 2013
A gender gap indicator is constructed for the Italian regions, with the aim of highlighting the geographical differences underlying Italy�s backwardness at European and international level. The indicator, which adapts the Gender Equality Index developed by Plantenga et al. (2009) for 25...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100347
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Wealth and inequality in Italy
D'Alessio, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2012
The paper describes first the evolution in total household wealth in Italy over the period 1965-2010 before addressing the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined until the beginning of the 1990s. It then grew...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654307
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Nonlinear dynamics in welfare and the evolution of world inequality
Fiaschi, Davide; Romanelli, Marzia - Banca d'Italia - 2009
. In terms of the world population distribution, welfare inequality decreased as the result of the decline in inequality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527058
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Luigi Einaudi: teoria economica e legislazione sociale nel testo delle Lezioni (text in italian)
Baffigi, Alberto - Banca d'Italia - 2009
This essay focuses on the nexus between economic theory and social legislation, as dealt with by Luigi Einaudi in his … Giovanni Vailati; 3) the Paretian economic theory which later on would give rise to the new welfare economics. In Einaudi … criteria of social justice, State intervention (i.e. social policy) can be justified. Social justice according to Einaudi means …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587616
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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
The multidimensional view of well-being is receiving growing attention, both in academic research and policy-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two problems in the use of synthetic multidimensional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609386
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Values, inequality and happiness
Biancotti, Claudia; D'Alessio, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European Social Survey for twenty-three countries, we find that individual views on a wide range of themes can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005467308
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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 risk aversion is explicitly taken into account in the empirical model. A Data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005111556
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Revisiting poverty and welfare dominance
Tomat, Gian Maria - Banca d'Italia - 2007
The paper reviews the theory of the measurement of poverty. The axiomatic theory is described and the axiomatic … and second order stochastic dominance. The analysis applies the results used in the theory of economic inequality to study … the relationship between welfare orderings and Lorenz dominance. The theory is used to analyze poverty patterns in Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113654