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Inequality in human development across the globe / Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Smits, Jeroen (Radboud University)
The Human Development Index is the world's most famous indicator of the level of development of societies. A disadvantage of this index is however, that only national values are available, whereas within many countries huge subnational variation exists in income, health and education. [...]
2019
Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). Paris (França), 8è : 2019

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Benchmark inequality measures / Permanyer, Iñaki
In measuring the variability of a bounded variable such as health status, the use of traditional income inequality measures poses several problems. On the one hand, the bounded nature of the variable generates a strong relationship between its mean and the corresponding inequality levels (i. [...]
2017
Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). Nova York (Estats Units d'Amèrica), 7è : 2017

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Multidimensional poverty measurement : making the identification of the poor count? / Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Riffe, Tim (University of California)
The success of any poverty eradication program crucially depends on its ability to identify who is poor and who is not. In this paper, we show that the state-of-the-art methodology that is used to identify the poor in multidimensional contexts -the dual cutoff method suggested by Alkire and Foster- is insensitive to many of the subtle considerations that should be incorporated when making such delicate decisions. [...]
2015
Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ). Luxembourg, 6è : 2015

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