In a recent paper Ali and Son (2007) suggested measuring the concept of "inclusive growth" via the use of what they called a "social opportunity function". The latter was assumed to depend on the average opportunities available in the population and to give greater weight to the opportunities...

In a recent paper Ali and Son (2007) suggested measuring the concept of "inclusive growth" via the use of what they called a "social opportunity function". The latter was assumed to depend on the average opportunities available in the population and to give greater weight to the opportunities...

A new discrete formulation of the most commonly used tax progressivity indexes is suggested. This approach allows one to rigorously prove that in some cases the Dalton/Musgrave-Thin and the Kakwani/Suits indexes may rank tax systems differ ently. Moreover, it enables one, when comparing tax...

This paper suggests decomposing the [beta] coefficient of a [beta]-convergence analysis into three components, two of them checking whether there was [sigma]-convergence and whether "pure mobility" was pro-poor. It appears that during the 1983-1995 period growth in Israel was pro-poor.

This paper suggests a methodology to determine the precise role played by various income sources in the inequality of the distribution between male- and female-headed families and the overall income inequality in Switzerland.

The pursuit of an adequate measure of development which would easily allow international comparisons has certainly been one of the main research interests of development specialists in the past ten years. Numerous proposals have been made but there seems to be quite a large consensus on the two...