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http://www.sherppa.be/

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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)
Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration), Universiteit Gent (University of Ghent), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

On the macroeconomic and distributional effects of federal estate tax reforms in the United States
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2020

Is inequality of opportunity robust to the measurement approach?
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (6)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (8)
Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2017) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2015)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
See also Journal Article Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2019

Multidimensional analysis and mobility: Special issue in homage to Tony Atkinson
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)

2018

Effects of high versus low-quality preschool education: a longitudinal study in Mauritius
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Effects of high versus low-quality preschool education: A longitudinal study in Mauritius, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
Growth, Mobility and Social Welfare
SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2018)

2017

Condorcet was Wrong, Pareto was Right: Families, Inheritance and Inequality
STICERD - Public Economics Programme Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (3)
Inheritance Taxation: Redistribution and Predistribution
STICERD - Public Economics Programme Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
See also Chapter Inheritance Taxation: Redistribution and Predistribution, Research on Economic Inequality, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2018) View citations (7) (2018)

2010

Rank Dependent Relative Mobility Measures
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (3)

2009

Boycotts, power politics, or trust building: How to prevent conflict?
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
Also in Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2005)
See also Journal Article Boycotts, Power Politics, or Trust Building: How to Prevent Conflict?, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2008) View citations (19) (2008)
Natural resources and internal conflict
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (4)

2008

Structural Mobility, Exchange Mobility and Subgroup Consistent Mobility Measurement – US–German Mobility Measurements Revisited
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (1)

2007

Equality of opportunity versus equality of opportunity sets
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (22)
Also in Public Economics Working Paper Series, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics (2003) View citations (1)
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2004) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Opportunity Sets, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2007) View citations (55) (2007)
Lorenz dominance and non-welfaristic redistribution
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (10)
Also in Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2004)
See also Journal Article Lorenz Dominance and Non-welfaristic Redistribution, Social Choice and Welfare, Springer (2007) View citations (10) (2007)
The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility
LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (22)
See also Journal Article The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2007) View citations (29) (2007)

2005

The Consequences of Non-Classical Measurement Error for Distributional Analysis
Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (1)

2004

Inequality and Growth: From Micro Theory to Macro Empirics
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (3)
See also Journal Article INEQUALITY AND GROWTH: FROM MICRO THEORY TO MACRO EMPIRICS, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2007) View citations (8) (2007)

2003

Mobility as distributional difference
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (4)
Trust, Primary Commodity Dependence and Segregation
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (2)

2002

Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis With an Application to Intergenerational Mobility
Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (1)

2000

Estimating Counterfactual Densities: An application to Black-White Wage Differentials in the U.S
Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth

1999

Equality of Opportunity and Kernel Density Estimation: An Application to Intergenerational Mobility
Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (25)

1998

Measuring Intergenerational Mobility and Equality of Opportunity
Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (6)
Also in Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven (1998)
Public Economics Working Paper Series, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics (1998) View citations (7)
Statistical Inference for 2 Measures of Inequality when Incomes are Correlated
Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (1)

1997

Population Growth and Customary Law on Land: The Case of Cordillera Villages in the Philippines
Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth

1996

On Second-Best Compensation
Working Papers, University of Waterloo, Department of Economics View citations (6)
Also in THEMA Working Papers, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise (1996) View citations (9)
Working Papers, Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor. (1996) View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2021

Did Progresa Reduce Inequality of Opportunity for School Reenrollment?
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021, 69, (2), 541 - 567
Growth, mobility and social progress
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49, (1), 164-182 View citations (1)
Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?
Review of Income and Wealth, 2021, 67, (1), 18-36 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Is inequality of opportunity robust to the measurement approach?, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2020

Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals
Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, 55, (3), 595-627 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2018

Effects of high versus low-quality preschool education: A longitudinal study in Mauritius
Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, (C), 126-137 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Effects of high versus low-quality preschool education: a longitudinal study in Mauritius, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2016

History-dependent growth incidence: a characterization and an application to the economic crisis in Italy
Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68, (2), 585-603 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper History-dependent growth incidence: a characterization and an application to the economic crisis in Italy, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2016) View citations (17) (2016)

2015

Politiques fiscales optimales pour les bas revenus et principe de compensation
Revue économique, 2015, 66, (3), 579-600
See also Working Paper Politiques fiscales optimales pour les bas revenus et principe de compensation, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2015) (2015)

2014

Children's Health Opportunities and Project Evaluation: Mexico's Oportunidades Program
The World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28, (2), 282-310 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Children's health opportunities and project evaluation: Mexico's oportunidades program, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2012

Inequality Adjusted Income Growth
Economica, 2012, 79, (316), 747-765 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Inequality adjusted income growth, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2012) View citations (10) (2012)

2011

A comparison of optimal tax policies when compensation or responsibility matter
Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (11), 1248-1262 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper A comparison of optimal tax policies when compensation or responsibility matter, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2011) View citations (24) (2011)
UPWARD STRUCTURAL MOBILITY, EXCHANGE MOBILITY, AND SUBGROUP CONSISTENT MOBILITY MEASUREMENT: U.S.–GERMAN MOBILITY RANKINGS REVISITED
Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, (1), 1-22 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Upward structural mobility, exchange mobility, and subgroup consistent mobility measurement: U.S.-German mobility rankings revisited, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2011) View citations (13) (2011)

2008

Boycotts, Power Politics, or Trust Building: How to Prevent Conflict?
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2008, 164, (2), 356-379 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Boycotts, power politics, or trust building: How to prevent conflict?, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2009) (2009)

2007

Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Opportunity Sets
Social Choice and Welfare, 2007, 28, (2), 209-230 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper Equality of opportunity versus equality of opportunity sets, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2007) View citations (22) (2007)
INEQUALITY AND GROWTH: FROM MICRO THEORY TO MACRO EMPIRICS
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54, (4), 508-530 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Inequality and Growth: From Micro Theory to Macro Empirics, Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium (2004) View citations (3) (2004)
Lorenz Dominance and Non-welfaristic Redistribution
Social Choice and Welfare, 2007, 28, (2), 281-302 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper Lorenz dominance and non-welfaristic redistribution, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2007) View citations (10) (2007)
The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007, 5, (2), 159-178 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2007) View citations (22) (2007)

2006

The impact of cognitive skills on the distribution of the black-white wage gap
Labour Economics, 2006, 13, (3), 343-356 View citations (4)

2004

Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation
Mathematical Social Sciences, 2004, 48, (2), 151-182 View citations (49)

2001

Population Growth and Customary Land Law: The Case of Cordillera Villages in the Philippines
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2001, 49, (3), 631-58 View citations (1)
Three Meanings of Intergenerational Mobility
Economica, 2001, 68, (272), 519-538 View citations (62)

2000

Boekbesprekingen: BARTEN, Anton: “Methodology and tacit knowledge (Jan R. MAGNUS & Mary S. MORGAN, John Wiley & Sons, 1999)” (p. 117-121); JEGERS, Marc: “Modeling bounded rationality (Ariel RUBINSTEIN, The MIT Oress, 1998)” (p. 121-122); MARYSSE, Stefaan: “The trouble with capitalism (Harry SHUTT, Zed Books, 1998)” (p. 122-123); JEGERS, Marc: “Frontiers in health policy research (Alan M. GARBER, The MIT Press, 1998)” (p. 123); VAN DE GAER, Dirk: “The economics of globalization (Assaf RAZIN & Efraim SADKA, Cambridge University Press, 1999)” (p. 123-125); VALCKX, Nico: “Empirical modeling in economics (Clive W.J. GRANGER, Cambridge University Press, 1999)” (p. 125); JEGERS, Marc: “Strategic management for the public services (Paul JOYCE, Open University Press, 1999)” (p. 125-126); KERSTENS, Kristiaan: “Economists’ mathematical manual (Knut SYDSAETER, Arne STRØM & Peter BERCK, Springer, 1999)” (p. 126); VAN DE VOORDE, Eddy: “Transport policy (Kenneth J. BUTTON & Roger STOUGH, Edward Elgar, 1998)” (p. 127); VAN DE VOORDE, Eddy: “Applied industrial economics (Louis Philips, Cambridge University Press, 1998)” (p. 128); DE CEUSTER, Marc: “An introduction to econophysics (Rosario N. MANTEGNA & H. Eugene STANLEY, Cambridge University Press, 2000)” (p. 129); VANDENBROUCKE, Jürge: “Financial economics (Jürgen EICHBERGER & Ian R. HARPER, Oxford University Press, 1997)” (p. 130); JEGERS, Marc: “Financial management of health care organizations (William N. ZELMAN, Michael J. MCCUE & Alan R. MILLIKAN, Blackwell Publishers, 1998)” (p. 130-131); JEGERS, Marc: “The economics of executive compensation (Kevin F. HALLOCK & Kevin J. MURPHY, Edward Elgar, 1999)” (p. 131); LIEVENS, Filip: “Beoordelen en ontwikkelen van competenties (Lou VAN BEIRENDONCK, Acco, 1998)” (p. 132-133); JORISSEN, Ann: “Financial statement analysis (Leopold A. BERNSTEIN & John J. WILD, McGraw-Hill, 1997)” (p. 133-134); JORISSEN, Ann: “Managerial accounting (Ronald W. HILTON, McGraw-Hill, 1998)” (p. 134-135); ROOSENS, Paul: “Trawling for minnows (Damien NEVEN, Penelope PAPANDROPOULOS & Paul SEABRIGHT, Centre for Economic Policy Research, 1998)” (p. 135)
Economic and Social Journal (Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift), 2000, 54, (1), 117-135

1999

Responsibility, talent, and compensation: A second-best analysis
Review of Economic Design, 1999, 4, (1), 35-55 View citations (48)
Statistical inference for two measures of inequality when incomes are correlated
Economics Letters, 1999, 64, (3), 295-300 View citations (5)

1997

Inequality aversion, macroeconomic objectives and the marginal welfare cost of indirect taxation Does flexibility of prices and wages matter?
European Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 13, (2), 315-341

1992

Marginal Tax Reform in Different Macroeconomic Regimes
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1992, 47, (Supplement), 256-70 View citations (3)

Chapters

2023

Poverty and inequality of opportunity
Chapter 52 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 563-571

2018

Inheritance Taxation: Redistribution and Predistribution
A chapter in Inequality, Taxation and Intergenerational Transmission, 2018, vol. 26, pp 1-13 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Inheritance Taxation: Redistribution and Predistribution, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2017) (2017)