Themes:
1. The measurement of economic inequality
2. The measurement of economic poverty
3. Economic mobility
4. Intergenerational Mobility and Equality of Opportunity
5. Vertical equity and progressivity
6. Horizontal equity and differences in tax treatment
References:
- Atkinson, A. (1998), “Poverty in Europe”, Yrjö Jahnsson Lecutres, Blackwell.
- Atkinson, A. and Bourguignon, F. (2000), Handbook of Income Distribution. North Holland.
- Cowell, F. (1995), “Measuring Inequality”. 2nd edition, Prentice Hall
- Lambert, P. (2001), The Distribution and Redistribution of Income, 3rd edition, Manchester University Press
- Silber, J. (1999), Handbook on Income Inequality Measurement, Boston: Kluwer.
