When growth is not enough : explaining the rigidity of poverty in the Dominican Republic
Francisco Galrao Carneiro and Sophie Sirtaine, editors.
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- The Dominican Economy: Strong albeit Barely Inclusive Growth -- Why Has High Economic Growth Not Led to Better Equity Outcomes? -- Why Is Growth Insufficient to Reduce Poverty in the Dominican Republic? An Empirical Analysis of Factors Contributing to Limited Shared Growth -- Overview -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Income Definition, Price Indexes, and the Poverty Headcount in the Dominican Republic -- Poverty in the Dominican Republic -- Sources of Income and the Poverty Headcount -- Price Indexes and Poverty Incidence -- Conclusion -- Annex 1A -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Comparative Advantage and Labor Demand -- Review of the Empirical Literature Testing Neoclassical Theories of International Trade -- Estimation Strategy and Data -- Results -- Revealed Comparative Advantage for the Dominican Republic -- Conclusion -- Annex 2A -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Labor Income Share and Biased Technical Change -- Relationship between Biased Technical Change and Wages -- Measuring Labor Income Shares in the Dominican Republic -- Labor Income Shares and Biased Technical Change in the Dominican Republic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Wage Effects of Haitian Migration in the Dominican Republic -- Literature Review -- Data Challenges -- Characteristics of Haitian Migration in the Dominican Republic -- Local Wage Effects of Haitian Workers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Labor Market Implications of Immigration and Emigration in the Dominican Republic -- Background -- The Data -- Analytical Model -- Simulated Labor Market Effects -- Conclusion -- Annex 5A -- Notes -- References -- Figures -- Figure O.1 Fast GNI Growth versus Slowly Declining Poverty and Inequality in the Dominican Republic, 2000-15
