Xavier Ramos

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Dept. Economia Aplicada

Campus UAB

Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193

Spain

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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Empirical Approaches to Inequality of Opportunity: Principles, Measures, and Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6672
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Jun 2012
Xavier Ramos and Dirk Van de Gaer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Ghent University - Department of Social Economics
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equality of opportunity, measurement, compensation, responsibility, effort, circumstances

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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4703
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Xavier Ramos
Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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happiness, inequality aversion, risk attitudes, well-being

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On the Measurement of Polarisation: A Questionnaire Study

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On the Measurement of Polarisation: A Questionnaire Study

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2686
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Apr 2007
Yoram Amiel, Frank Cowell and Xavier Ramos
Ruppin Academic Center - Department of Economics and Management, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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polarisation, income distribution, inequality

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Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-Being with an Illustration for Catalonia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1748
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Oct 2005
Xavier Ramos
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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well-being, multidimensional poverty, distance function, Catalonia

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Empirical Modeling of Deprivation Contagion among Social Exclusion Dimensions (Using MCMC Methods)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2614
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Mar 2007
Ambra Poggi and Xavier Ramos
LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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deprivation, social exclusion, contagion models, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, metropolis-Hastings algorithm, stochastic models, propensity score

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Welfare Comparisons: Sequential Procedures for Heterogeneous Population

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Aug 2001
Peter J. Lambert and Xavier Ramos
University of Oregon - Department of Economics and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Equality of Opportunity for Well-Being

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10940
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Aug 2017
Daniel Mahler and Xavier Ramos
University of Copenhagen and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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equality of opportunity, measurement, responsibility, effort, well-being

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Subjective Income Expectations and Income Risk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1950
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Xavier Ramos and Christian Schluter
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and University of Southampton - Division of Economics
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subjective expectation reports, income risk, limited information variances

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The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Dec 2015
Evans Jadotte and Xavier Ramos
World Bank and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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international migration, remittances, labour supply, Republic of Haiti

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Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons

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Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9407
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Oct 2015
Marc Fleurbaey, Vito Peragine and Xavier Ramos
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Università di Bari and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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equality of opportunity, ex post/ex ante, compensation, reward, SOEP, Germany

Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons

SERIES Working Papers N. 05/2015
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Oct 2015
Marc Fleurbaey, Vito Peragine and Xavier Ramos
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Polarisation and Health

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3727
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Cristina Blanco Pérez and Xavier Ramos
Autonomous University of Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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polarisation, health, fixed-effects ordered logit model, conflict, psychosocial stress, social capital

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Perception of Corruption and Public Support for Redistribution in Latin America

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10854
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Esther Hauk, Mónica Oviedo and Xavier Ramos
Instituto de Análisis Económic (IAE) Barcelona, Autonomous University of Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Latin America, preference for redistribution, political trust, perception of corruption, bribery

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Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity Based on Counterfactuals

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9582
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Dec 2015
Dirk Van de Gaer and Xavier Ramos
Ghent University - Department of Social Economics and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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counterfactuals, inequality measurement, opportunities

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Wage Effects of Non-Wage Labour Costs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4882
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Apr 2010
María Cervini-Plá, Xavier Ramos and José I. Silva
University of Girona - Department of Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and University of Girona
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dismissal costs, payroll tax, evaluation of labour market reforms, difference-in-difference, matching model, Spain

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The Effect of Relative Concern on Life Satisfaction: Relative Deprivation and Loss Aversion

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11404
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Apr 2018
Martin Leites and Xavier Ramos
Universidad de la República and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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life satisfaction, relative income, loss aversion, prospect theory

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On the Application of Efficiency Analysis to the Study of the Dimensions of Human Development

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 285-309, June 2005
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jun 2005
Xavier Ramos and Jaques Gabriel Silber
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics
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Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11157
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Dec 2017
Xavier Ramos and Dirk Van de Gaer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Ghent University - Department of Social Economics
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equality of opportunity, measurement, ex-ante, ex-post, direct approach, indirect approach, responsibility, effort, income, EU-SILC

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Welfare Comparisons: Sequential Procedures for Heterogeneous Populations

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Feb 2003
Peter J. Lambert and Xavier Ramos
University of Oregon - Department of Economics and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12118
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 May 2019 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Luciana Méndez-Errico and Xavier Ramos
University of Barcelona - Department of Applied Economics and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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cognitive and non-cognitive abilities, ethnicity, education, inequality, selection, schooling transition, sequential dynamic model

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Approaches to Inequality of Opportunity: Principles, Measures and Evidence

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 30, Issue 5, pp. 855-883, 2016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Oct 2016
Xavier Ramos and Dirk Van de Gaer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Ghent University - Department of Social Economics
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Circumstances, Compensation, Effort, Equality of Opportunity, Measurement, Responsibility

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Inequality and Happiness

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 28, Issue 5, pp. 1016-1027, 2014
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Oct 2014
Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Xavier Ramos
Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Happiness, Inequality, Inequality aversion

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Horizontal Inequity and Vertical Redistribution

INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE, Vol. 4, No. 1
Posted: 07 Jan 1997
Peter J. Lambert and Xavier Ramos
University of Oregon - Department of Economics and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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