Workshop on Equity and Poverty

The persistence of inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, both worldwide and within countries, is one of the main economic and social problems and the subject of many policy measures. The assessment on the extent of inequality and poverty as well as the efficacy of the policies designed to improve equality are also part of the on-going research agenda. Theoretical and applied contributions abound and the concern for inequality, poverty, and the related equity principles are expanding and becoming more and more relevant in these times of economic turbulences.

The purpose of this seminar is to present some advances along these lines of research and give the opportunity to carry out a discussion among interested researchers.

Programme:

Wednesday, April 11th 15:00 – 18:00
"The Distribution of Economic Insecurity: Italy and the USA over the Great Recession"
Conchita D’Ambrosio, Università di Milano-Bicocca

"The consistent measurement of the achievement and the shortfall inequality"
Casilda Laso de la Vega, Universidad del País Vasco

"Reinterpreting the inequality of the poor"
Francisco Goerlich, Universitat de Valencia and Ivie

Thursday, April 12th 10:00 – 12:00
"Multidimensional equity based evaluation"
Carmen Herrero, Universidad de Alicante and Ivie

"A new axiomatic approach to the evaluation of population health"
Juan D. Moreno-Ternerno, Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Thursday, April 12th 14:00 – 16:00

"Multidimensional Poverty Indices"
Sabina Alkire, OPHI-University of Oxford

"Welfare-poverty measurement"
Antonio Villar, Universidad Pablo de Olavide and Ivie

 

 

Coordina:  Antonio Villar, Universidad Pablo de Olavide and Ivie