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Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life Title: Calidad de vida: Más allá de los hechos
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Duryea, Suzanne; Powell, Andrew; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943604
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The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality
Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality … schooling are the main reason why income distribution has not improved in the 1990s. However, the lack of progress in income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944090
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What Drives Differences in Inequality across Countries?
Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
importance of different income sources. The decomposition is applied to household survey data from 35 countries from 6 regions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944293
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What's Behind the Inequality We Measure: An Investigation Using Latin American Data
Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944543
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Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life Title: Calidad de vida: Más allá de los hechos
Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Scartascini, Carlos; Funaro, Rita; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895496