WEIPO
Well-being, Inequality, Poverty and Public Policy
The WEIPO team is a group of researchers working at the Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Tourism of the University of Alcalá who are interested in the study of welfare economics, inequality and economic poverty in a broad sense. Their work includes theoretical debates on methodological aspects linked to the measurement of well-being, empirical studies on income distribution in a variety of countries, evaluation of social and labor market public policies, and the analysis of aspects related to equity in all areas of economics.
Goals
Expand existing knowledge in this field of economics by stimulating high quality research.
Organization of activities such as seminars or national and international congresses on related topics.
Training of young researchers in the field.
Dissemination of the most innovative results among the scientific and political community.
Research areas
Inequality, poverty, mobility and equality of opportunity.
Redistributive effects of public policies.
Equity in the labor market.
Statics and dynamics of income and wealth distribution.
Measurement of well-being.
Deprivation and social exclusion.
Intergenerational transmission of opportunities.