John A. Bishop, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USAJuan Gabriel Rodríguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Editors Bishop and Rodriguez present readers with a collection of papers selected from research presented at the sixth ECINEQ meeting, held in Luxembourg in 2015. The selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to reference groups and the poverty line; the vulnerable and the poor; the effects of reducing inequality in household education, health, and access to credit on pro-poor growth, and other related subjects. John A. Bishop is a faculty member of East Carolina University in North Carolina. Juan Gabriel Rodriguez is a faculty member of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain.

• IntroductionReference groups and the poverty line: an axiomatic approach with an empirical illustration - Satya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, Joseph Deutsch, Zoya Nissanov and Jacques SilberThe Vulnerable Are Not (Necessarily) The Poor - Sanghamitra BandyopadhyayEffects Of Reducing Inequality In Household Education, Health And Access To Credit On Pro-Poor Growth: Evidence From Cameroon - Boniface Ngah Epo and Francis Menjo BayeLabor Market Policies, Informal Labor Markets, And Wage Dispersion - Claudia TrentiniThe Formal/Informal Employment Earnings Gap: Evidence From Turkey - Aysit Tansel and Elif Oznur AcarThe Role Of Minimum Wage And Income Transfer Policies On The Labour Market: The Case Of Argentina - Fernando GroismanPerformance And Inequality In Health: A Comparison Of Child And Maternal Health Across Asia - Bénédicte H. Apouey and Jacques SilberParental Incarceration And Social Exclusion: Long-Term Implications For The Health And Well-Being Of Vulnerable Children In The United States - Rosalyn D. Lee, Xiangming Fang and Feijun LuoCan a concern for status reconcile diverse social welfare programs? - Oded Stark and Marcin JakubekHow Individuals' Perceptions Of Inequality May Affect Their Perceptions Of Corruption: A Challenge To New Democracies - Matthew LovelessTax Evasion And Underground Inequality: A Parametric Analysis - Roberto FantozziMacroeconomic Determinants Of Inequality Of Opportunity In The United States: 1970 2009 - Gustavo A. Marrero and Juan Gabriel RodríguezOccupational Choice And Earnings Mobility In The Work Life Empirical Evidence From Europe And The United States - Veronika V. EberharterRelative Income Distribution In Six European Countries - Ilaria Petrarca and Roberto Ricciuti