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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...
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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient Due to Grouping : Revisiting First-Order Corrections
Van Ourti, Tom - 2008
correction term is obtained from studying the estimator of the Gini index within a measurement error framework. In addition, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722922
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Inequality measurement and tax/transfer policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2020
We provide a critique of the standard methodology which bases welfare comparisons between households on deflating household income and consumption by an equivalence scale. We argue that this leads to support for tax/transfer policies that significantly disadvantage low to middle in-come...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231585
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Inequality measurement and tax/transfer policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2020
We provide a critique of the standard methodology which bases welfare comparisons between households on deflating household income and consumption by an equivalence scale. We argue that this leads to support for tax/transfer policies that significantly disadvantage low to middle income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232795
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Not all inequality measures were created equal : the measurement of wealth inequality, its decompositions, and an application to European household wealth
Costa, Rita Neves; Pérez-Duarte, Sébastien - 2019
Much of the literature on inequality, both that on the theoretical features of inequality measurement and that on the … distributions. The paper focuses on the measurement of inequality itself and includes an application to European data on wealth. We …, grounding their use in socio-economic theory and highlighting the connections between them. In particular, we investigate how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137161
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On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being : health and income inequalities in selected EU-countries
Brandolini, Andrea - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443442
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Quality of life measurement across European Union countries : an exploratory approach
Boitan, Iustina Alina; Costica, Ionela - In: Ekonomický časopis : časopis pre ekonomickú … 68 (2020) 1, pp. 85-106
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Poverty as a heterogeneity factor in EU countries
Janković-Milić, Vesna; Lepojević, Vinko; Stanković, … - In: Facta Universitatis / University of Niš : the … 16 (2019) 4, pp. 403-414
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224507
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Economic inequalities and the level of decentralization in European countries : cluster analysis
Laboutková, Šárka; Bednářová, Pavla; Valentová, … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 19 (2016) 4, pp. 27-46
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631378
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Economic inequalities and the level of decentralization in European countries : cluster analysis
Laboutková, Šárka; Bednářová, Pavla; Valentová, … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 19 (2016) 4, pp. 27-46
This submitted article identifies relations between the degree of decentralization and economic imbalances on the basis of a cluster (exploratory) analysis. Two indicators have been chosen for measuring economic inequalities: an indicator of dispersion of regional GDP per capita as...
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