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Homepage:https://sites.google.com/site/koendecancq/
Postal address:Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy Sint Jacobstraat 2 2000 Antwerpen
Workplace:Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck (Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy), Universiteit Antwerpen (University of Antwerp), (more information at EDIRC)
Department of Economics, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen (Faculty of Business and Economics), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), (more information at EDIRC)
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Université Catholique de Louvain (Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

  1. Cumulative deprivation: identification and aggregation
    Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Chapter Cumulative deprivation: identification and aggregation, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2023) Downloads (2023)

2021

  1. Growing Up In A Poor Household In Belgium: A Rank-Based Multidimensional Perspective On Child Well-Being
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads
  2. Measuring Social Progress
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
  3. Using a factorial survey to estimate the relative importance of well-being dimensions according to older people: insights from a repeated survey experiment in Flanders
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads
  4. Well-Being Measurement
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads

2020

  1. Bad news does not come alone: Cumulative deprivation in Belgium
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Measuring cumulative deprivation and affluence based on the diagonal dependence diagram
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (2020) Downloads
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2020) View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article Measuring cumulative deprivation and affluence based on the diagonal dependence diagram, METRON, Springer (2020) Downloads View citations (7) (2020)

2019

  1. En faut-il peu pour être heureux ? Conditions de vie, bonheur et bien-être en Belgique
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2019) Downloads
  2. Measuring Successful Aging With Respect for Preferences of Older Persons
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Successful Aging With Respect for Preferences of Older Persons, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America (2019) Downloads (2019)
  3. Multidimensional poverty measurement with individual preferences
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (21)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Econometric Research Program. (2014) Downloads View citations (18)
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2015) Downloads View citations (11)
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp (2019) Downloads View citations (19)

    See also Journal Article Multidimensional poverty measurement with individual preferences, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2019) Downloads View citations (21) (2019)
  4. Non-parametric well-being comparisons
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp (2018) Downloads View citations (1)
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2018) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Non-parametric well-being comparisons, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2021) Downloads View citations (4) (2021)

2018

  1. Effort or Luck? Believing in the role of effort during the Spanish economic recession
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads
  2. Program evaluation and ethnic differences: the Pension 65 program in Peru
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
    Also in LISER Working Paper Series, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) (2018) Downloads

2017

  1. Wellbeing inequality and preference heterogeneity
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (22)
    Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (2016) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Wellbeing Inequality and Preference Heterogeneity, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2017) Downloads View citations (24) (2017)

2016

  1. Beyond GDP: Using equivalent incomes to measure well-being in Europe
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article Beyond GDP: Using Equivalent Incomes to Measure Well-Being in Europe, Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2016) Downloads View citations (44) (2016)
  2. Implementing the Capability Approach with Respect for Individual Valuations: An Illustration with Colombian Data
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (2016) Downloads
    Icesi Economics Working Papers, Universidad Icesi (2016) Downloads View citations (5)
  3. Measuring Successful Aging with Respect For What Matters To Older Persons
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads
  4. Who's afraid of aggregating money metrics?
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2016) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Who's afraid of aggregating money metrics?, Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society (2018) Downloads View citations (11) (2018)

2015

  1. Inequality, income and well-being
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (14)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2014) Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Measuring Multidimensional Inequality in the OECD Member Countries with a Distribution-Sensitive Better Life Index
    Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2015) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Measuring Multidimensional Inequality in the OECD Member Countries with a Distribution-Sensitive Better Life Index, Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2017) Downloads View citations (12) (2017)
  3. Towards a Distribution-Sensitive Better Life Index: Design, Data and Implementation
    OECD Statistics Working Papers, OECD Publishing Downloads View citations (3)
  4. What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure?
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (21)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2013) Downloads View citations (13)

    See also Journal Article What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure?, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2015) Downloads View citations (20) (2015)

2014

  1. Copula-based measurement of dependence between dimensions of well-being
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (27)
    Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (2009) Downloads
    Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2009) Downloads View citations (5)
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2014) View citations (20)

    See also Journal Article Copula-based measurement of dependence between dimensions of well-being, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2014) Downloads View citations (27) (2014)
  2. Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (11)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2014) Downloads View citations (11)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2014) Downloads View citations (11)
  3. Long term social welfare: mobility, social status, and inequality
    Working Papers, University of Verona, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (3)
  4. The relativity of decreasing inequality between countries
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The Relativity of Decreasing Inequality Between Countries, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2014) Downloads View citations (24) (2014)

2013

  1. The Evolution of Poverty in the European Union: Concepts, Measurement and Data
    ImPRovE Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Downloads View citations (25)
  2. Weights in multidimensional indices of wellbeing: an overview
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (258)
    Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (2010) Downloads View citations (44)

    See also Journal Article Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Wellbeing: An Overview, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) Downloads View citations (295) (2013)
  3. What if we voted on teh weights of a multidimensional well-being index? An illustraiton with Flemish data
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

2012

  1. Elementary multivariate rearrangements and stochastic dominance on a Fréchet class
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Elementary multivariate rearrangements and stochastic dominance on a Fréchet class, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (35) (2012)

2011

  1. Global inequality: a multidimensional perspective
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
  2. The evolution of global inequality: absolute, relative and intermediate views
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads View citations (7)
  3. WHAT IF WE VOTED ON THE WEIGHTS OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELL-BEING INDEX? AN ILLUSTRATION WITH FLEMISH DATA
    Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp (2011) Downloads View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article What If We Voted on the Weights of a Multidimensional Well‐Being Index? An Illustration with Flemish Data, Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2013) Downloads View citations (20) (2013)

2010

  1. Copula-based orderings of multivariate dependence
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2010) Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Has the world moved forward?
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (15)

2009

  1. Measuring Inequality of Well-Being with a Correlation-Sensitive Multidimensional Gini Index
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (10)
    Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2009) Downloads View citations (9)
  2. What good is happiness?
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) Downloads View citations (43)
    Also in OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2008) Downloads View citations (3)

2008

  1. Setting Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Well-Being
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford Downloads View citations (24)

2007

  1. The evolution of World inequality in Well-being
    Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven Downloads
    See also Journal Article The Evolution of World Inequality in Well-being, World Development, Elsevier (2009) Downloads View citations (54) (2009)

Journal Articles

2021

  1. Non-parametric well-being comparisons
    European Economic Review, 2021, 133, (C) Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Non-parametric well-being comparisons, Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven (2019) Downloads (2019)

2020

  1. Measuring cumulative deprivation and affluence based on the diagonal dependence diagram
    METRON, 2020, 78, (2), 103-117 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Measuring cumulative deprivation and affluence based on the diagonal dependence diagram, Working Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (5) (2020)

2019

  1. Measuring Successful Aging With Respect for Preferences of Older Persons
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2019, 74, (2), 364-372 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Measuring Successful Aging With Respect for Preferences of Older Persons, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2019) (2019)
  2. Multidimensional poverty measurement with individual preferences
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (1), 29-49 Downloads View citations (21)
    Also in The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (1), 29-49 (2019) Downloads View citations (21)

    See also Working Paper Multidimensional poverty measurement with individual preferences, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2019) View citations (21) (2019)

2018

  1. Who's afraid of aggregating money metrics?
    Theoretical Economics, 2018, 13, (2) Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Who's afraid of aggregating money metrics?, Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven (2016) Downloads (2016)

2017

  1. Erratum to: Measuring Multidimensional Inequality in the OECD Member Countries with a Distribution-Sensitive Better Life Index
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 132, (2), 951-951 Downloads View citations (12)
  2. Measuring Multidimensional Inequality in the OECD Member Countries with a Distribution-Sensitive Better Life Index
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 131, (3), 1057-1086 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Measuring Multidimensional Inequality in the OECD Member Countries with a Distribution-Sensitive Better Life Index, Working Papers (2015) Downloads (2015)
  3. Wellbeing Inequality and Preference Heterogeneity
    Economica, 2017, 84, (334), 210-238 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Wellbeing inequality and preference heterogeneity, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2017) View citations (22) (2017)

2016

  1. Beyond GDP: Using Equivalent Incomes to Measure Well-Being in Europe
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, 126, (1), 21-55 Downloads View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Beyond GDP: Using equivalent incomes to measure well-being in Europe, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2016) View citations (41) (2016)

2015

  1. Happiness, Equivalent Incomes and Respect for Individual Preferences
    Economica, 2015, 82, 1082-1106 Downloads View citations (60)
  2. What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 130, (C), 94-104 Downloads View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure?, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2015) View citations (21) (2015)

2014

  1. Copula-based measurement of dependence between dimensions of well-being
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66, (3), 681-701 Downloads View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Copula-based measurement of dependence between dimensions of well-being, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2014) View citations (27) (2014)
  2. The Relativity of Decreasing Inequality Between Countries
    Economica, 2014, 81, (322), 276-292 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper The relativity of decreasing inequality between countries, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2013

  1. Taking Preferences Seriously Review essay on: Daniel M. Hausman, Preference, Value, Choice and Welfare, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012, 168 pages, ISBN: 978-1107015432
    OEconomia, 2013, 2013, (01), 139-146 Downloads
  2. Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Wellbeing: An Overview
    Econometric Reviews, 2013, 32, (1), 7-34 Downloads View citations (295)
    See also Working Paper Weights in multidimensional indices of wellbeing: an overview, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2013) View citations (258) (2013)
  3. What If We Voted on the Weights of a Multidimensional Well‐Being Index? An Illustration with Flemish Data
    Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34, 315-332 Downloads View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper WHAT IF WE VOTED ON THE WEIGHTS OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELL-BEING INDEX? AN ILLUSTRATION WITH FLEMISH DATA, Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium (2011) Downloads View citations (6) (2011)

2012

  1. Elementary multivariate rearrangements and stochastic dominance on a Fréchet class
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2012, 147, (4), 1450-1459 Downloads View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Elementary multivariate rearrangements and stochastic dominance on a Fréchet class, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2012) View citations (19) (2012)
  2. Inequality of Wellbeing: A Multidimensional Approach
    Economica, 2012, 79, (316), 721-746 Downloads View citations (47)

2011

  1. Measuring global well-being inequality: A dimension-by-dimension or multidimensional approach?
    Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, 2011, L, (4), 179-196 Downloads View citations (1)

2010

  1. Has the world moved forward? A robust multidimensional evaluation
    Economics Letters, 2010, 107, (2), 266-269 Downloads View citations (15)

2009

  1. The Evolution of World Inequality in Well-being
    World Development, 2009, 37, (1), 11-25 Downloads View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper The evolution of World inequality in Well-being, Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven (2007) Downloads (2007)

Books

2020

  1. Well-being in Belgium
    Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, Springer View citations (7)

Chapters

2023

  1. Cumulative deprivation: identification and aggregation
    Chapter 4 in Research Handbook on Poverty and Inequality, 2023, pp 52-67 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Cumulative deprivation: identification and aggregation, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2022) Downloads View citations (1) (2022)

2020

  1. A Nice Retirement?
    Springer
  2. As Long as We’re Happy …?
    Springer
  3. Can People Afford Their Healthcare?
    Springer
  4. Conclusion
    Springer
  5. Do We Find the Job of Our Dreams?
    Springer
  6. Do We Live Comfortably and in a Pleasant Environment?
    Springer
  7. How Do Partners Within Couples Spend Their Time?
    Springer
  8. How Do We Measure Well-Being?
    Springer
  9. How Do We Spend Our Time?
    Springer
  10. How Happy Are We?
    Springer
  11. How Healthy Are We?
    Springer
  12. How Unequally Are Our Incomes Distributed?
    Springer
  13. Is Life Harder for Single-Parent Families?
    Springer
  14. Is the Conventional Family Still the Cornerstone of Society?
    Springer
  15. What Constitutes a Good Life?
    Springer
  16. What Do Partners in Couples Spend Their Money on?
    Springer
  17. What Do We Spend Our Money on?
    Springer
  18. What Makes Us Sick?
    Springer
  19. Which Children Grow up in Poverty?
    Springer
  20. Who Forms a Couple with Whom?
    Springer
  21. Who Has the Lowest Levels of Well-Being?
    Springer
  22. Who Is Poor in Our Society?
    Springer
  23. Who Suffers from Cumulative Deprivation?
    Springer
  24. Who Wears the Trousers?
    Springer
  25. Why This Book?
    Springer

2019

  1. Beliefs About the Role of Effort and Luck During the Great Recession in Spain
    A chapter in What Drives Inequality?, 2019, vol. 27, pp 139-153 Downloads View citations (1)
 
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