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Inequality Measurement and Tax/Transfer Policy
Apps, Patricia F.; 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...
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A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation
Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - 2017
We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p , the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736612
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A Class of Proximity-Sensitive Measures of Relative Deprivation
Stark, Oded - 2017
We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p, the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight (the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946637
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Why Measure Inequality?
Kaplow, Louis - 2002
A large body of literature is devoted to the measurement of income inequality, yet little attention is given to the … question, Why measure inequality? However, the reasons for measurement bear importantly on whether and how measurement should … of the sort that are emphasized in the existing measurement literature. Measures of poverty are also considered, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014100102
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Chapter 6 Income poverty in advanced countries
Jäntti, Markus; Danziger, Sheldon - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 1, (pp. 309-378). 2000
This chapter reviews definitional issues that arise in assessing the extent of, and change in, poverty in western industrialized countries, including the choice of resource, level of poverty line and appropriate adjustments for the size and type of the income-sharing unit. The chapter also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024203
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A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation
Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - 2017
We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p , the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723898
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Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries
Beck, Ulrik - 2015
caused by (i) differences in the composition of consumption over the income distribution coupled with differential inflation … found. Finally, I argue that poverty estimation based on national account consumption means and estimates of inequality from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411136
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On the redistributive effects of Germany's feed-in tariff
Grösche, Peter; Schröder, Carsten - 2011
The present article assesses the redistributive effects of a key element of German climate change policy, the promotion of renewables in the electricity mix through the provision of a feed-in tariff. The tariff shapes the distribution of households' disposable incomes by charging a levy that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306207
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On the redistributive effects of Germany's feed-in tariff
Grösche, Peter; Schröder, Carsten - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011
The present article assesses the redistributive effects of a key element of German climate change policy, the promotion of renewables in the electricity mix through the provision of a feed-in tariff. The tariff shapes the distribution of households' disposable incomes by charging a levy that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278215
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Intrahousehold Inequality
Chiappori, Pierre-Andre - 2014
literature on the estimation of the sharing rule based on a number of approaches, including the use of distribution factors as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053293