We review the literature on the links between inequality, growth and welfare. Three questions are addressed: 1) What is … the impact of growth and development on inequality? 2) What is the impact of inequality on growth, development and welfare …? 3) What is the impact of proequality public policies upon growth and welfare? As regards the first question, the …

This paper analyzes the relationship between bipolarization and inequality, welfare and poverty measures. First, we … bipolarization is the difference between the welfare levels of the richer and poorer income groups when feelings of identification … between individuals are based on their utility functions. In fact, bipolarization is interpreted as the welfare of the richer …

This paper aims at presenting an assessment of welfare reforms under a framework of program heterogeneity and … alternative measures of success. We focus on a specific welfare program –Madrid’s Ingreso Madrileño de Integración (IMI)– which … administrative records (over 50,000 spells) matched with a special survey conducted for former welfare recipients makes possible to …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

Past climate change literature paid great attention to the welfare analysis of international agreements that stabilize … emissions over time on the basis of the New Welfare Economics approach claiming “objective” measures of well-being and excluding … interpersonal comparisons. In this paper, by using non New Welfare Economics approaches we show that the involvement of developing …