and pupils/teacher ratios at public schools. The comparison is performed using recent multidimensional dominance criteria …This paper provides a comparison of 12 OECD countries on the basis of the (multidimensional) inequality in both …). We also complete the analysis by comparing multidimensional inequalities on the basis of two broad categories of indices …

Content of abstract This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The …

This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The hypothesis that joint …

. The concepts of Lorenz dominance and intersection of Lorenz Curves are also discussed. Furthermore, the appendix provides …

on social welfare grounds within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. It … welfare grounds on the basis of Shorrocks’ Theorem. After observing that Shorrocks’ Theorem is not applicable, because GL … curves cross once, necessary additional conditions, such as restrictions on the features of the Social Welfare Function (SWF …

This paper illustrates how Lorenz Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds … using specific functional forms of the Social Welfare Function (SWF) to infer welfare judgments, the rationale for using … numerical examples. This module also points out the limitations of Lorenz dominance and highlights how, in some circumstances …

addressing this challenge and providing methods for ethical poverty, welfare, and inequality comparisons with univariate ordered …

emphasis on education, training, and other human development efforts in its poverty reduction strategy since return to …This paper provides an overview of the evolution of income inequality and poverty in China from 1987 to 2002 … agricultural income from the mid-1990s onward. Poverty persists, and tied in part to slow growth in agricultural commodity prices …

addressing this challenge and providing methods for ethical poverty, welfare, and inequality comparisons with univariate ordered …