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We derive the asymptotic sampling distribution of various estimators frequently used to order distributions in terms of poverty, welfare and inequality. This includes estimators of most of the poverty indices currently in use, as well as estimators of the curves used to infer stochastic...
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Just as the Gini inequality index captures people's relative deprivation [Yitzhaki (1979)], so, we show in this paper …
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proposed, and aggregated into a global index. Whilst other approaches have captured the welfare gain which would come from … eliminating HI revenue-neutrally, our global index provides a measure of the revenue gain per capita which would come from … component in the Blackorby and Donaldson (1984) index of tax progressivity, quantifying the loss of vertical performance arising …
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into a global index. This index expresses the revenue gain per capita that would come from eliminating HI welfare …-neutrally, and also reveals the loss of vertical performance, in terms of the Blackorby and Donaldson (1984) progressivity index …
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Just as the Gini inequality index captures people's relative deprivation [Yitzhaki (1979)], so, we show in this paper …
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. Using data from Statistics Canada surveys, we analyze the internal rate of return (IRR) of these proposals for various types …
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The last 20 years have seen a significant evolution in the literature on horizontal inequity (HI) and have generated two major and 'rival' methodological strands, namely, classical HI and reranking. We propose in this paper a class of ethically flexible tools that integrate these two strands....
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pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale to guarantee every individual an income equal to 80% of Statistics Canada's Market Basket …
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l'exclusion sociale to guarantee every individual an income equivalent to 80% of Statistics Canada's Market Basket …
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approach by contrasting Canada and the US using comparable data. Canada dominates the US over the lower bi-dimensional welfare …
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