• The Distributional impact of public services when needs differ 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Bhuller, Manudeep; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 621, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services in distributional analysis, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects ...
    • Local governments, in-kind transfers, and economic inequality 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Eika, Lasse; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion papers;888, Working paper, 2018-11)
      We examine how in-kind transfers provided by local governments affect economic inequality. The allocation of in-kind transfers to households and the adjustment for differences in needs are derived from a model of local ...
    • Measuring income inequality under restricted interpersonal comparability 

      Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 498, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: The standard approach in empirical analyses of income distributions is to estimate income inequality in a country under the assumption of full interpersonal comparability of income. To be meaningful, this method ...
    • The impact of local public services and geographical cost of living differences on poverty estimates 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; Østensen, Marit (Discussion Papers;no. 551, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Despite a broad consensus on the need to account for the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences on the measurement of poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors ...