Search Results - subject:"Transitory income"

Transitory shocks and birth weights: Evidence from a blackout in Zanzibar

Burlando, Alfredo - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 154-168

Do transitory economic shocks affect neonatal outcomes? I show that an unexpected, month-long blackout in Tanzania caused a sharp but temporary drop in work hours and earnings for workers in electricity-dependent jobs. Using records from a maternity ward, I document a reduction in birth weights...

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Errors in self-reported earnings: the role of previous earnings volatility

Akee, Randall K. Q. - 2007

recorded earnings to identify the impact of transitory income on current reporting of earnings. Prior earnings volatility is an … significantly over time - suggesting that information on transitory income shocks will be helpful in evaluating the usefulness of …

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Inequality for wage earners and self-employed : evidence from panel data

Albarrán, Pedro; Carrasco, Raquel; Martínez-Granado, Maite - 2007

In this paper we study the evolution of income inequality for employees and self-employed workers. We highlight the importance of separately analyzing these different sources of income to gain a broader understanding of inequality. Using Spanish panel data on income and consumption from the ECPF...

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Inequality for Wage Earners and Self-Employed: Evidence from Panel Data

Albarrán, Pedro; Carrasco, Raquel; Martínez-Granado, Maite - Banco de España - 2007

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Inequality for Wage Earners and Self-Employed: Evidence from Panel Data

Granado, Martínez; Teresa, María; Albarrán, Pedro; … - Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico … - 2007

Published as an article in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2009, vol. 71, issue 4, pages 491-518.

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Inequality and crime: Separating the effects of permanent and transitory income

Dahlberg, Matz; Gustavsson, Magnus - 2005

likely that it is changes in permanent rather than in transitory income that affects crime rates. The purpose of this paper … transitory income has no significant effect on any type of crime. Using a traditional, aggregate, measure of income yields mainly … is therefore to disentangle the two effects by, first, estimating region-specific inequality in permanent and transitory …

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Rainfall, financial development, and remittances : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Arzeki, Rabah; Brückner, Markus - In: Journal of international economics 87 (2012) 2, pp. 377-385

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Rainfall, financial development, and remittances: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Arezki, Rabah; Brückner, Markus - In: Journal of International Economics 87 (2012) 2, pp. 377-385

We use annual variations in rainfall to examine the effects that exogenous, transitory income shocks have on …

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State Fiscal Policies and Transitory Income Fluctuations

James R. Hines Jr. - In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 41 (2010) 2 (Fall), pp. 313-350

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Errors in Self-Reported Earnings: The Role of Previous Earnings Volatility

Akee, Randall K. Q. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

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