This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity — aspects emphasized in Prospect Theory — to social welfare measurement. We suggest a new notion of equivalent income, the income...

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have been found to be important welfare determinants in behavioural economics. Most notably, we incorporate reference-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity — aspects...

In the last two decades, questioning of the textbook model of individual choice behavior has accelerated. 'Imperfections' of individual choice behavior are increasingly accepted by the profession as viable empirical phenomena to be explained and incorporated. Non-standard objectives and decision...

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have been found to be important welfare determinants in behavioural economics. Most notably, we incorporate reference-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity — aspects...

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity — aspects emphasized in Prospect Theory — to social welfare measurement. We suggest a new notion of equivalent income, the income...

August 1995 - In urban areas of Côte d'Ivoire, human capital is the endowment that best explains welfare changes over time. In rural areas, physical capital - especially the amount of land and farm equipment owned - matters most. Empirical investigations of poverty in developing countries tend...