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On a distance function-based inequality measure in the spirit of the Bonferroni and Gini Indices
Subramanian, Sreenivasan - 2012
A natural way of viewing an inequality or a poverty measure is in terms of the vector distance between an actual … incomes, or a distribution with the smallest mean that is compatible with a complete absence of poverty). Real analysis offers … ; Canberra distance function ; poverty ; inequality …
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Die Messung von Armut unter Berücksichtigung regional divergierender Lebenshaltungskosten und öffentlicher Leistungen
Hillringhaus, Tilman; Peichl, Andreas - 2010
Bislang beschränkt sich die Messung von Armut und Ungleichheit in der deutschen Armutsberichterstattung im Wesentlichen auf die Betrachtung des Nettoeinkommens. Ein solches Vorgehen vernachlässigt umfangreiche öffentliche Leistungen, die in Form von nichtmonetären Leistungen erbracht werden....
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Responsibility and redistribution : the case of first best taxation
Tungodden, Bertil - 2001
It is not straightforward to define the ethics of responsibility in cases where the consequences of changes in factors within our control are partly determined by factors beyond our control. In this paper, we suggest that one plausible view is to keep us responsible for the parts of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399693
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Equality of opportunity : theory and evidence
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2015
opportunity - and empirical applications - are reviewed, and implications for the measurement of poverty and of the rate of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510602
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Income satisfaction inequality and its causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326418
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Alternative Wohlstandsmessung : neun Indikatoren können das Bruttoinlandsprodukt ergänzen und relativieren
Giesselmann, Marco; Hilmer, Richard; Siegel, Nico A.; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 9, pp. 3-12
Zahlreiche Menschen, Politiker und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland glauben, dass das "Bruttoinlandsprodukt", kurz BIP, als Maßzahl für gesellschaftlichen Wohlstand überholt sei. Deshalb hat der Deutsche Bundestag Ende 2010 eine Studien-Kommission ("Enquete- Kommission") eingerichtet, die den...
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Country inequality rankings and conversion schemes
Schröder, Carsten; Bönke, Timm - 2012
Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes: to weight household units by size or by needs. Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, the authors show the sensitivity of country inequality rankings to conversion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009411930
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El lado oscuro de la pobreza
Rocha Portugal, Hugo Pablo; Vera Cossio, Horacio - 2013
The following study starts by understanding poverty as a multi-dimensional phenomenom, from which a comparison of … poverty measurement between unidimensional and multi-dimensional methods is made. The best way of operating a multiplicity of … round of identification of surrounding poverty. The dimensions analyzed are: education, health, life quality, inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010240155
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Can the context mediate macro-policy outcomes? : contextual differences in the returns to Bolsa Familia in Brazil
Jacobi, Nadia von - 2014
Local institutional and structural (meso) factors can play a role in mediating the returns to a macro-social policy. I focus on the Brazilian cash-transfer-programme Bolsa Familia and check how contextual features influence the returns to transfers. Building on Amartya Sen's work, I assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249780
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Income satisfaction inequality and its causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2003
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438890