second is the calculation of the inequality in an overall measure of individual well-being, capturing both the income and … health dimensions. We introduce the concept of equivalent income as a measure of well-being that respects preferences with … respect to the trade-off between income and health, but is not subjectively welfarist since it does not rely on the direct …

Africa, Spain and Venezuela. We find that in all four countries reported initial income and job changes of the head are … consistently the most important variables in accounting for income changes, overall and for initially poor households. We also find … that changes in income are more important than changes in household size and that changes in labour earnings are more …

consumption and income aggregates measurement errors. The paper reasserts the need to apply reference guidelines to the …, it contends that it is hard to analyze inequality solely from consumption patterns without taking income and savings into … account. Two solutions are proposed for the correction of income measurement errors: by using savings declarations and by …

transfer payments to families; the transfers covers totally the cost of children for low-income families and decreases … relatively when income increases. The conjugal and family quotients are necessary components of a progressive tax system. A major …