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Using efficiency analysis to measure individual well-being with an illustration for Catalonia

Ramos Morilla, Xavier (contributor) - 2005

avenues for further research. -- well-being ; multidimensional poverty ; distance function ; Catalonia …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003095436

Blanco Pérez, Cristina (contributor); … - 2008

This paper examines the effect of income polarisation on individual health. We argue that polarisation captures much better the social tension and conflict that underlie some of the pathways linking income disparities and individual health, and which have been traditionally proxied by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759825

On the measurement of polarisation : a questionnaire study

Amiel, Yoram (contributor); Cowell, Frank A. (contributor); … - 2007

Starting from the axiomatisation of polarisation contained in Esteban and Ray (1994) and Chakravarty and Majumdar (2001) we investigate whether people's perceptions of income polarisation is consistent with the key axioms. This is carried out using a questionnaire-experimental approach that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540203

Empirical approaches to inequality of opportunity : principles, measures, and evidence

Ramos Morilla, Xavier; Van de Gaer, Dirk - 2012

We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choices researchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis identifies and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009559170

Ex post inequality of opportunity comparisons

Fleurbaey, Marc; Peragine, Vitorocco; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

In this paper we propose different criteria to rank income distributions according to equality of opportunity. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize them axiomatically and we compare them with existing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347163

Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals

Van de Gaer, Dirk; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

The theoretical literature on inequality of opportunity formulates basic properties that measures of inequality of opportunity should have. Standard methods for the measurement of inequality of opportunity require the construction of counterfactual outcome distributions through statistical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408189

Is inequality of opportunity robust to the measurement approach?

Ramos Morilla, Xavier; Van de Gaer, Dirk - 2017

Recent literature has suggested many ways of measuring equality of opportunity. We analyze in a systematic manner the various approaches put forth in the literature to show whether and to what extent different choices matter empirically. We use EU-SILC data for most European countries for 2005...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763830

Long term earnings inequality, earnings instability and temporary employment in Spain: 1993 - 2000

Cervini-Plá, María (contributor); … - 2008

This paper provides a longitudinal perspective on changes in Spanish male earnings inequality for the period 1993-2000, by decomposing the earnings covariance structure into its permanent and transitory parts. According to the Spanish sample of the European Community Household Panel,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003724132

The effect of remittances on labour supply in the Republic of Haiti

Jadotte, Evans; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances … address three econometric issues that may bias the estimates. We account for endogeneity of the remittances with respect to … remittances. However, contrary to previous findings, the labour market response to remittances of female household heads is not as …

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