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Workplace:	Department of Economics, George Washington University, (more information at EDIRC) Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University, (more information at EDIRC) Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2019

1. 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)
2. The Role of Inequality in Poverty Measurement
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)

2016

3. Dimensional and Distributional Contributions to Multidimensional Poverty
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (14)

2015

4. Ending Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity: Progress and Policies
   Policy Research Notes (PRNs), The World Bank View citations (37)
5. 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)
6. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 2 - The Framework
   OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (205)
7. 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)
8. 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)
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)
10. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 6 - Normative Choices in Measurement Design
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
11. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 7 - Data and Analysis
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (208)
12. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 8 - Robustness Analysis and Statistical Inference
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (5)
13. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 9 - Distribution and Dynamics
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (206)
14. Person Equivalent Headcount Measures of Poverty
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2015)

2014

15. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 1 - Introduction
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (3)

2012

16. Rank Robustness of Composite Indices: Dominance and Ambiguity
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)

2011

17. 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)
18. Inequality of Happiness in US: 1972-2008
    Economics Discussion Paper Series, Economics, The University of Manchester View citations (27)
19. Understandings and Misunderstandings of Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (204)
    Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2011) View citations (175)
    See also Journal Article Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2011) View citations (206) (2011)
20. Where Did Identification Go?
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (35)
    Also in OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2011) View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Where did identification go?, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2011) View citations (36) (2011)

2010

21. A Report on Mexican Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. Notes on Effective Freedom
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (2)
25. On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty
    Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (17)
    Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Bath, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article On measuring vulnerability to poverty, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2011) View citations (63) (2011)
26. 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

27. 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)
28. Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (66)
    See also Journal Article Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (1163) (2011)
29. Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (Revised and Updated)
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (24)
30. Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement (Short Version)
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (28)
31. 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)
32. Rank Robustness of Composite Indices
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (23)

2008

33. External Capabilities
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (12)
34. 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

35. A Class of Chronic Poverty Measures
    Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics View citations (39)

2004

36. 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

37. 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 (51) (2008)
38. Ranking Investment Projects
    Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics (2001)
    See also Journal Article Ranking investment projects, Economic Theory, Springer (2003) View citations (10) (2003)
39. ¿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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. LEARNING RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS: CLASSICAL CONDITIONS ENSURE UNIQUENESS AND GLOBAL STABILITY
    Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2016

1. Uso de paneles sintéticos para estimar movilidad intergeneracional
   Sobre México. Revista de Economía, 2016, 2, (1), 62-89 View citations (3)

2014

2. 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

3. 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)
4. Inequality of Happiness in the U.S.: 1972–2010
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59, (3), 393-415 View citations (12)

2012

5. 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

6. Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement
   Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 476-487 View citations (1163)
   Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 476-487 (2011) View citations (1127)
   See also Working Paper Counting and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, OPHI Working Papers (2009) View citations (66) (2009)
7. On measuring vulnerability to poverty
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, 37, (4), 743-761 View citations (63)
   See also Working Paper On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty, Working Papers (2010) View citations (17) (2010)
8. 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, OPHI Working Papers (2011) View citations (204) (2011)
9. 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?, Working Papers (2011) View citations (35) (2011)

2010

10. 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)
11. 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)
12. The Foster–Greer–Thorbecke (FGT) poverty measures: 25 years later
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8, (4), 491-524 View citations (102)

2008

13. IS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOOD FOR THE POOR? TRACKING LOW INCOMES USING GENERAL MEANS
    International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (4), 1143-1172 View citations (51)
    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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Measuring health inequality using qualitative data
    Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (3), 505-524 View citations (230)

2003

17. Ranking investment projects
    Economic Theory, 2003, 22, (3), 469-494 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Ranking Investment Projects, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers (2001) (2001)

2000

18. Path Independent Inequality Measures
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2000, 91, (2), 199-222 View citations (140)

1999

19. A general class of additively decomposable inequality measures
    Economic Theory, 1999, 14, (1), 89-111 View citations (53)
20. 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

21. Absolute versus Relative Poverty
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 335-41 View citations (143)
22. 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

23. Complimentarily yours: Free examination copies and textbook prices
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1996, 14, (1), 85-99 View citations (7)

1994

24. Normative Measurement: Is Theory Relevant?
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 365-70 View citations (13)

1991

25. Subgroup Consistent Poverty Indices
    Econometrica, 1991, 59, (3), 687-709 View citations (135)

1990

26. Inequality and welfare in market economies
    Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 41, (3), 351-367 View citations (1)

1988

27. Inequality and poverty orderings
    European Economic Review, 1988, 32, (2-3), 654-661 View citations (107)
28. Poverty Orderings
    Econometrica, 1988, 56, (1), 173-77 View citations (141)

1987

29. Transfer Sensitive Inequality Measures
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1987, 54, (3), 485-497 View citations (195)

1984

30. A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (3), 761-66 View citations (2286)
31. Involuntary Unemployment as a Principal-Agent Equilibrium
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (3), 476-84 View citations (12)

1983

32. An axiomatic characterization of the Theil measure of income inequality
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 31, (1), 105-121 View citations (55)

1980

33. Comparing Utility Functions in Efficiency Terms: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 793-94

Books

2015

1. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (403)

2013

2. 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 (36)

Chapters

2011

1. Chapter Twenty-Four - Freedom, Opportunity, and Well-Being
   Chapter 24 in Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, 2011, vol. 2, pp 687-728