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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763830
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Zum systematischen Vergleich von Rentenversicherung und Fondsentnahmeplänen unter dem Aspekt des Kapitalverzehrrisikos
Albrecht, Peter; Maurer, Raimond - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443037
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Capacity and product market competition: measuring market power in a "puppy dog" industry
Röller, Lars-Hendrik - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000984048
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Equivalence of robust VaR and CVaR optimization
Lofti, Somayyeh; Zenios, Stauros Andrea - 2016 - Date of first version: April 4, 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539339
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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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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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A model-based measurement device in European fiscal policy-making : the ontology and epistemology of potential output
Heimberger, Philipp; Kapeller, Jakob - 2016
While the development of scientific theories and measurement concepts has always been strongly intertwined, model … this paper, we analyze the ontological and epistemological characteristics of such a model-based measurement device in an … implementation of measurement techniques as well as the application and interpretation of measurement outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779629
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Methodological notes on composite indicators for monitoring working conditions
Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2018
Several devices in designing composite indicators for policy monitoring and benchmarking are discussed: weighting and scaling of variables, hierarchical organization, handling rank-based variables, relief tables, survey simulation techniques which combine normative and empirical data. Some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906656
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ICT investment and growth of output and productivity
Leo, Hannes - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492651