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Indicators of inequality and poverty
Subramanian, S. - 2004
This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … of income inequality, deals with preliminary concepts and definitions; a visual representation of inequality (the Lorenz … curve); real-valued indices of inequality; properties of inequality indices; some specific inequality measures; and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284611
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Going beyond GDP with a parsimonious indicator : inequality-adjusted healthy lifetime income
Bloom, David E.; Fan, Victoria Y.; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020
Per capita GDP has limited use as a well-being indicator because it does not capture many dimensions that imply a "good … preserves the advantages of per capita GDP, but also includes health and equality. We propose a new parsimonious indicator to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195532
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Going beyond GDP with a parsimonious indicator : inequality-adjusted healthy lifetime income
Bloom, David E.; Fan, Victoria Y.; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020
Per capita GDP has limited use as a well-being indicator because it does not capture many dimensions that imply a "good … preserves the advantages of per capita GDP, but also includes health and equality. We propose a new parsimonious indicator to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012169722
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Using efficiency analysis to measure individual well-being with an illustration for Catalonia
Ramos, Xavi - 2005
This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267478
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Human well-being: concepts and conceptualizations
Gasper, Des - 2004
the quintessential indicator of a country’s living standard’ (Partha Dasgupta). Well-being seems to have intuitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279054
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What money can't buy: The relevance of income redistribution for functioning levels
Lelli, Sara - 2004
This paper relates Amartya Sen’s capability approach to the literature on equivalence scales. Synthetic indicators of well-being are constructed by adjusting individual incomes for differences in functionings. An exploratory comparative application to Italian and Belgian data illustrates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284886
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Multidimensional poverty in Nigeria : first order dominance approach
Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; … - 2014
This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. (2012). It examines five dimensions of deprivation: education, water, sanitation, shelter, and energy-using comparable datasets, the Nigeria Demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424257
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A systematic literature review on the rural-urban well-being gap in Europe
Meloni, Cesare; Rocchi, Benedetto; Severini, Simone - In: Bio-based and applied economics 12 (2023) 4, pp. 305-321
A large amount of policy support is spent to foster the development of rural areas in Europe. However, empirical evidence on the well-being differential between rural and urban areas in Europe is scant and incomplete. The present study develops a systematic literature review on this topic,...
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Social Security in Belgium : Distributive Outcomes
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio; … - 2005
The paper analyzes the link between old-age income programs and economic outcomes in Belgium. We use a simulation methodology to construct an average pension generosity variable. Our regression analysis explores the link with distributional outcomes in income, consumption and more subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275028
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Matching household surveys with DHS data to create nationally representative time series of poverty : an application to Bolivia
Grosse, Melanie; Klasen, Stephan; Spatz, Julius - 2009 - This version: December 19, 2009
Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258036