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Working Papers
2019
- Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (2)
Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2019) View citations (2) Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019) View citations (2)
- The Role of Inequality in Poverty Measurement
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)
2016
- Dimensional and Distributional Contributions to Multidimensional Poverty
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (14)
2015
- Ending Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity: Progress and Policies
Policy Research Notes (PRNs), The World Bank View citations (37)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 10 - Some Regression Models for AF Measures
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (1)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 2 - The Framework
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (197)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 3 - Overview of Methods for Multidimensional Poverty Assessment
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (6)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 4 - Counting Approaches: Definitions, Origins, and Implementations
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (9)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 5 - The Alkire-Foster Counting Methodology
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (13)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 6 - Normative Choices in Measurement Design
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 7 - Data and Analysis
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (200)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 8 - Robustness Analysis and Statistical Inference
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (5)
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 9 - Distribution and Dynamics
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (198)
- Person Equivalent Headcount Measures of Poverty
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy 
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
2014
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 1 - Introduction
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (3)
2012
- Rank Robustness of Composite Indices: Dominance and Ambiguity
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
2011
- Composite Indices: Rank Robustness, Statistical Association and Redundancy
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Composite Indices: Rank Robustness, Statistical Association, and Redundancy, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (43) (2013)
- Inequality of Happiness in US: 1972-2008
Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (27)
- Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (175)
Also in OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2011) View citations (202)
See also Journal Article Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2011) View citations (206) (2011)
- Where Did Identification Go?
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (35)
Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2011) View citations (35)
See also Journal Article Where did identification go?, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2011) View citations (36) (2011)
2010
- A Report on Mexican Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
- Designing the Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (HDI)
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (40)
Also in Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2010) View citations (47)
- Freedom, Opportunity and Wellbeing
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (5)
Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2010) View citations (6)
- Notes on Effective Freedom
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
- On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty
Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Bath, Department of Economics View citations (39)
Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2010) View citations (17)
See also Journal Article On measuring vulnerability to poverty, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2011) View citations (62) (2011)
- The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) Poverty Measures: Twenty-Five Years Later
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (78)
2009
- An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
See also Journal Article An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2012) View citations (14) (2012)
- Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (65)
See also Journal Article Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (1111) (2011)
- Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (Revised and Updated)
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (23)
- Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (Short Version)
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (27)
- Polarization and the Decline of the Middle Class: Canada and the US
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Polarization and the decline of the middle class: Canada and the U.S, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2010) View citations (134) (2010)
- Rank Robustness of Composite Indices
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (23)
2008
- External Capabilities
OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (12)
- Investing in Health: The Long-Term Impact of Head Start on Smoking
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy 
See also Journal Article INVESTING IN HEALTH: THE LONG‐TERM IMPACT OF HEAD START ON SMOKING, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2010) View citations (9) (2010)
2007
- A Class of Chronic Poverty Measures
Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics View citations (39)
2004
- Investing in Health: The Long-Term Impact of Head Start
Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics View citations (3)
2001
- Is Economic Growth Good for the Poor? Tracking Low Incomes Using General Means
Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (16)
Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2001) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article IS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOOD FOR THE POOR? TRACKING LOW INCOMES USING GENERAL MEANS, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2008) View citations (50) (2008)
- Ranking Investment Projects
Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics 
Also in Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics (2001) 
See also Journal Article Ranking investment projects, Economic Theory, Springer (2003) View citations (10) (2003)
- ¿Es el crecimiento económico bueno para los pobres? Seguimiento del ingreso bajo con medias generales
Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
2000
- Isolated and Proximate Illiteracy And Why these Concepts Matter in Measuring Literacy and Designing Education Programmes
Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics View citations (11)
1998
- On measuring literacy
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (113)
See also Journal Article On Measuring Literacy, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (1998) View citations (124) (1998)
1997
- Lorenz Dominance and the Variance of Logarithms
Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
See also Journal Article Lorenz Dominance and the Variance of Logarithms, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1999) View citations (54) (1999)
1989
- LEARNING RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS: CLASSICAL CONDITIONS ENSURE UNIQUENESS AND GLOBAL STABILITY
Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics
Journal Articles
2016
- Uso de paneles sintéticos para estimar movilidad intergeneracional
Sobre México. Revista de Economía, 2016, 2, (1), 62-89 View citations (3)
2014
- Erratum to: Polarization and the decline of the middle class: Canada and the U.S
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2014, 12, (3), 435-437
2013
- Composite Indices: Rank Robustness, Statistical Association, and Redundancy
Econometric Reviews, 2013, 32, (1), 35-56 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Composite Indices: Rank Robustness, Statistical Association and Redundancy, Working Papers (2011) View citations (5) (2011)
- Inequality of Happiness in the U.S.: 1972–2010
Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59, (3), 393-415 View citations (12)
2012
- An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications
The World Bank Economic Review, 2012, 26, (2), 217-235 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory and Applications, OPHI Working Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
2011
- Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement
Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 476-487 View citations (1111)
Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 476-487 (2011) View citations (1147)
See also Working Paper Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, OPHI Working Papers (2009) View citations (65) (2009)
- On measuring vulnerability to poverty
Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 37, (4), 743-761 View citations (62)
See also Working Paper On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty, Department of Economics Working Papers (2010) View citations (39) (2010)
- Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (2), 289-314 View citations (206)
See also Working Paper Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, Working Papers (2011) View citations (175) (2011)
- Where did identification go?
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (3), 501-505 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper Where Did Identification Go?, OPHI Working Papers (2011) View citations (35) (2011)
2010
- INVESTING IN HEALTH: THE LONG‐TERM IMPACT OF HEAD START ON SMOKING
Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48, (3), 587-602 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper Investing in Health: The Long-Term Impact of Head Start on Smoking, Working Papers (2008) (2008)
- Polarization and the decline of the middle class: Canada and the U.S
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8, (2), 247-273 View citations (134)
See also Working Paper Polarization and the Decline of the Middle Class: Canada and the US, OPHI Working Papers (2009) View citations (7) (2009)
- The Foster–Greer–Thorbecke (FGT) poverty measures: 25 years later
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8, (4), 491-524 View citations (101)
2008
- IS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOOD FOR THE POOR? TRACKING LOW INCOMES USING GENERAL MEANS
International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (4), 1143-1172 View citations (50)
See also Working Paper Is Economic Growth Good for the Poor? Tracking Low Incomes Using General Means, Research Department Publications (2001) View citations (16) (2001)
2006
- Comentarios bibliográficos a: Miguel Székely (coord.), Números que mueven al mundo: La medición de la pobreza en México, México, ANUIES-CIDE-Sedesol, Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2006, 912 pp
El Trimestre Económico, 2006, LXXIII (4), (292), 927-929
2005
- Measuring the Distribution of Human Development: methodology and an application to Mexico
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2005, 6, (1), 5-25 View citations (93)
2004
- Measuring health inequality using qualitative data
Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (3), 505-524 View citations (229)
2003
- Ranking investment projects
Economic Theory, 2003, 22, (3), 469-494 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper Ranking Investment Projects, Working Papers (2001) (2001)
2000
- Path Independent Inequality Measures
Journal of Economic Theory, 2000, 91, (2), 199-222 View citations (140)
1999
- A general class of additively decomposable inequality measures
Economic Theory, 1999, 14, (1), 89-111 View citations (53)
- Lorenz Dominance and the Variance of Logarithms
Econometrica, 1999, 67, (4), 901-908 View citations (54)
See also Working Paper Lorenz Dominance and the Variance of Logarithms, Working Papers (1997) (1997)
1998
- Absolute versus Relative Poverty
American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 335-41 View citations (142)
- On Measuring Literacy
Economic Journal, 1998, 108, (451), 1733-49 View citations (124)
See also Working Paper On measuring literacy, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1998) View citations (113) (1998)
1996
- Complimentarily yours: Free examination copies and textbook prices
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1996, 14, (1), 85-99 View citations (7)
1994
- Normative Measurement: Is Theory Relevant?
American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 365-70 View citations (12)
1991
- Subgroup Consistent Poverty Indices
Econometrica, 1991, 59, (3), 687-709 View citations (135)
1990
- Inequality and welfare in market economies
Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 41, (3), 351-367 View citations (1)
1988
- Inequality and poverty orderings
European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (2-3), 654-661 View citations (107)
- Poverty Orderings
Econometrica, 1988, 56, (1), 173-77 View citations (141)
1987
- Transfer Sensitive Inequality Measures
The Review of Economic Studies, 1987, 54, (3), 485-497 View citations (195)
1984
- A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures
Econometrica, 1984, 52, (3), 761-66 View citations (2275)
- Involuntary Unemployment as a Principal-Agent Equilibrium
American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (3), 476-84 View citations (12)
1983
- An axiomatic characterization of the Theil measure of income inequality
Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 31, (1), 105-121 View citations (55)
1980
- Comparing Utility Functions in Efficiency Terms: Comment
American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 793-94
Books
2015
- Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (395)
2013
- A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality--Theory and Practice: Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (35)
Chapters
2011
- Chapter Twenty-Four - Freedom, Opportunity, and Well-Being
Chapter 24 in Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, vol. 2, pp 687-728
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