Begona Cabeza Martínez and Koen. Decancq (2025). How information about effort and luck shapes altruism of social preferences: a survey experiment. Journal of Economic Inequality, 1-12. [working paper]
Decancq, Koen, Javier Olivera, and Erik Schokkaert (2024). Ethnic differences and preference heterogeneity: assessing social pensions in Peru. Development Studies Research, 12(1). [working paper].
Van Loon, Veerle and Koen Decancq (2022) Using a factorial survey to estimate the relative importance of well-being dimensions according to older people: insights from a repeated survey experiment in Flanders. Innovation in Aging 6(3) igac034. [working paper].
Decancq, Koen and Annemie Nys (2021) Non-Parametric well-being comparisons. European Economic Review . [working paper, presentation at LSE].
Decancq Koen (2020) Measuring cumulative deprivation and affluence based on the diagonal dependence diagram. Metron 78(2) 103–117 [working paper, media].
Decancq, Koen, Marc Fleurbaey, and Francois Maniquet (2019) Multidimensional poverty measurement with individual preferences. Journal of Economic Inequality. 17(1) 29-49 [working paper].
Decancq, Koen and Alexander Michiels (2019) Measuring successful aging with respect for preferences of older persons, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 74(2) 364-372 [Online Appendix, Replication Files, Working Paper, SHARE-blog post],
Bosmans, Kristof, Koen Decancq, and Erwin Ooghe (2018) Who is afraid of aggregating money metrics? Theoretical Economics. 13(2), 467-484. [working paper].
Decancq, Koen (2017) Measuring multidimensional inequality in the OECD member countries with a distribution-sensitive Better Life Index, Social Indicators Research, 131(3), 1057-1086 [Erratum, Replication Files, OECD Working Paper].
Decancq, Koen, Marc Fleurbaey, and Erik Schokkaert (2017) Wellbeing inequality and preference heterogeneity, Economica, 84(334), 210-238 [working paper].
Decancq, Koen and Erik Schokkaert (2016) Beyond GDP: Using equivalent incomes to measure well-being in Europe, Social Indicators Research, 126(1) 21-55.
Decancq, Koen, Marc Fleurbaey, and Erik Schokkaert (2015) Happiness, equivalent incomes, and respect for individual preferences, Economica, 82, 1082-1106.
Bosmans, Kristof, Koen Decancq, and Erwin Ooghe (2015) What do normative indices of multidimensional inequality really measure? Journal of Public Economics,130, 94–104.
Decancq, Koen (2014) Copula-based measurement of dependence between dimensions of well-being, Oxford Economic Papers, 66(3), 681-701 [code].
Bosmans, Kristof, Koen Decancq, and André Decoster (2014) The relativity of decreasing inequality between countries, Economica, 81(322), 276-292.
Decancq, Koen, Luc Van Ootegem, and Elsy Verhofstadt (2013) What if we voted on the weights of a multidimensional well-being index? An illustration with Flemish data Fiscal Studies, 34(3), 315-332.
Decancq, Koen and María Ana Lugo (2013) Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Well-Being: An Overview, Econometric Reviews, 32(1), 7-34.
Decancq, Koen and María Ana Lugo (2012) Inequality of well-being: A multidimensional approach, Economica, 79(316), 721-746.
Decancq, Koen (2012) Elementary multivariate rearrangements and stochastic dominance on a Fréchet class, Journal of Economic Theory, 147(4), 1450-1459.
Decancq, Koen (2011) Measuring global well-being inequality: A dimension-by-dimension or multidimensional approach? Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, 11(4), 179-196.
Decancq, Koen and Erwin Ooghe (2010) Has the world moved forward? A robust multidimensional evaluation, Economics Letters, 107(2), 266–269 [data].
Decancq, Koen, André Decoster, and Erik Schokkaert (2009) The evolution of World Inequality in Well-being, World Development, 37(1), 11-25 [data, Working Paper].
André Decoster, Koen Decancq, Bram De Rock and Paula Gobbi (2024) De paradox van ongelijkheid in België. Lanoo Meulenhoff (ISBN 978 94 014 3643 4) [French Version].
Bart Capéau, Laurens Cherchye, Koen Decancq, André Decoster, Bram De Rock, François Maniquet, Annemie Nys, Guillaume Périlleux, Eve Ramaekers, Zoé Rongé, Erik Schokkaert and Frederic (2020). Well-being in Belgium. Beyond Happiness and Income. Springer (ISBN 978-3-030-58509-9). [Dutch version published in 2018, French version published in 2019].
Decancq, Koen and Philippe Van Kerm (Eds.) (2019) What drives Inequality? Research on Economic Inequality Vol 27. Emerald Publishing.
Decancq,Koen, Ana Pérez and Marcedes Prieto-Alaiz (2025), Multivariate dependence based on diagonal sections: Spearman’s footrule and related measures. Stochastic Models, Statistics and Their Applications (SMSA 2024).
Decancq, Koen (2023) Cumulative deprivation: identification and aggregation In Udaya Wagle (ed.) Research Handbook on Poverty and Inequality. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 52-67 [working paper].
Adler, Matthew and Koen Decancq (2022) Well-Being Measurement. In Matthew Adler and Ole Norheim (eds.) Prioritarianism in Practice Cambridge University Press. pp. 128-171 [working paper].
Decancq, Koen and Erik Schokkaert (2022) Prioritarianism and Measuring Social Progress. In Matthew Adler and Ole Norheim (eds.) Prioritarianism in Practice Cambridge University Press. pp. 204-259 [working paper].
Decancq, Koen, Erik Schokkaert, and Blanca Zuluaga (2020) Implementing the capability approach with respect for individual valuations: an illustration with Colombian data. in: Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Siddiq Osmani and Mozaffar Qizilbash (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach Cambridge University Press. [working paper].
Cabeza, Begoña and Koen Decancq (2019) Effort or Luck? Believing in the role of effort during the Spanish economic recession. in: Koen Decancq and Philippe Van Kerm (eds.) What drives Inequality? Research on Economic Inequality Vol 27. 139-155 [working paper]
Decancq, Koen and Dirk Neumann (2016) Does the choice of well-being measure matter empirically? in: Matthew Adler and Marc Fleurbaey (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy. Oxford University Press.
Decancq, Koen, Marc Fleurbaey, and Erik Schokkaert (2015) Inequality, income, and well-being. in: Anthony B. Atkinson and François Bourguignon (eds.) Handbook on Income Distribution, Volume 2A. Elsevier. pp. 67-140.
Decancq, Koen, Tim Goedemé, Karel Van den Bosch, and Josefine Vanhille (2013) The evolution of poverty in the Europe Union: concepts, measurement and data in: Bea Cantillon and Frank Vandenbroucke(eds.) Reconciling work and poverty reduction: how successful are European welfare states? Oxford University Press.
Assal Ella-Marie, Capeau Bart, Decancq Koen, Decoster Andre, Kuypers Sarah, Vanderkelen Jonas, Vanheukelom Toon and Verbist Gerlinde (2023) Inkomensongelijkheid in België: wat we weten en niet weten Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid, 64(2), 133-172 [version Française, english version].
Decancq, Koen (2022). Anthony Atkinson en het Sociale Contract. In Bea Cantillon and Stijn Latré (eds.) U-turn Wegwijzers naar een nieuw sociaal contract.
Decancq, Koen (2020) Slecht nieuws komt niet alleen: Opgestapelde achterstand in België. In: Jill Coene, Tuur Ghys, Bernard Hubeau, Sarah Marchal, Roy Remmen, Wouter Vandenhole and An Van Haarlem (eds.) Jaarboek Armoede en Sociale Uitsluiting 2020 Acco. [English Version]
Decancq, Koen and Veerle Van Loon (2019) Is Successful Aging Declining with Age? The Age Profile of Objective, Subjective, and Preference-Based Measures of Successful Aging in Europe Journal of Aging Science 7(3) 215-219.
Bart Capéau, Laurens Cherchye, Koen Decancq, André Decoster, Bram De Rock, François Maniquet, Annemie Nys, Guillaume Périlleux, Eve Ramaekers, Zoé Rongé, Erik Schokkaert and Frederic Vermeulen (2019) En faut-il peu pour être heureux? Conditions de vie, bonheur et bien-être en Belgique Regards économiques, 144, 1-12.
Decancq, Koen (2015) Persoon in de kijker: Angus Deaton, Samenleving en Politiek, 10, 61-63.
Bosmans, Kristof, Koen Decancq and André Decoster (2014) Neemt de ongelijkheid in de wereld nu toe of af? Leuvense Economische Standpunten 2014/144. [covered by Newspaper De Standaard] [english version] .
Decancq, Koen (2014) Het Bruto Binnenlands Product Voorbij?, Karakter, 47(3), 12-14.
Decancq, Koen (2013) Taking Preferences Seriously. OEconomia, 3(1) 139-146. Book Review of "Preference, Value, Choice and Welfare" by Daniel M. Hausman, Cambridge University Press.
Decancq Koen, Decoster André, Spiritus Kevin and Verbist Gerlinde (2011) Mefisto: een nieuw micro-simulatie model voor Vlaanderen, Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid, 53(4), 545-574 [english version, version Française] .
Alexander, John M. and Decancq, Koen (2007) Concepts and Measurement of Development, Bridging the gap. Economic and Political Weekly pp.35-37. Book Review of "Rights, Deprivation and Disparity: Essays in Concepts and Measurement" by S. Subramanian, Oxford University Press.
Alexander, John M. and Decancq, Koen (2005) Measuring Human Development, Frontline, 22(4), 21.
Heleen Delanghe, Bea Cantillon, Koen Decancq, Marieke Frederickx, Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx, Tess Penne, Bérénice Storms, Gerlinde Verbist, and Julie Vinck Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar een Vlaamse indicatorenset om omgevingsfactoren en beleidsevaluatie inzake armoede te meten. March 2021
Sarah Marchal, Jonas Vanderkelen, Bea Cantillon, Koen Decancq, André Decoster, Sarah Kuypers, Ive Marx, Johannes Spinnewijn, Wim Van Lancker, Lena Van Meensel, Gerlinde Verbist (2021) The distributional impact of the COVID-19 shock on household incomes in Belgium. COVIVAT working paper 2
Decancq, Koen, Sintia Farah, and Annemie Nys (2019). Proefkader voor de inzet van het persoonsvolgend budget voor personen met een handicap binnen de erkende capaciteit van een ouderenvoorziening. Leuven: Steunpunt Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gezin.