We consider the problem of measuring social exclusion using qualitative data. We suggest a class of social exclusion indicators deriving the partial orderings associated with dominance for these indicators. We characterize the set of transformations on the distribution of individual deprivation...

We propose a political economy model to explain cross-country differences observed in educational policies and to show how such heterogeneity is associated with the level of a country's development and inequality. Parents, heterogeneous in terms of income and their child's ability, vote over the...