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Non-contributory pensions
Bando, Rosangela; Gertler, Paul; Galiani, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944279
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MEASURING HYPOTHETICAL GRANDPARENTS PREFERENCES FOR EQUALITY AND RELATIVE STANDINGS
Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Carlsson, Fredrik; Daruvala, Dinky - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001
Individuals’ aversion to risk and inequality, and their concern for relative standing, are measured through experimental choices between hypothetical societies. It is found that on average individuals are both fairly inequality-averse and have a strong concern for relative income. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651772
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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants
Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014
This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluc- tuations in macroeconomic conditions in their country of origin. Using the German Socio- Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2009 and macroeconomic variables for 24 countries of origin, we exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818761
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Keeping Up with the Vaishyas: Caste and Relative Standing
Carlsson, Fredrik; Gupta, Gautam; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
We investigate the importance of relative income within the Indian Caste system, using a choice experiment. We find that slightly more than half of the marginal utility of income comes from some kind of relative income effects, on average, which is comparable to the results from previous studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651677
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How Much Do We Care About Absolute Versus Relative Income and Consumption?
Alpizar, Francisco; Carlsson, Fredrik; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001
We find, using survey-experimental methods, that most individuals are concerned with both relative income and relative consumption of particular goods. The degree of concern varies in the expected direction depending on the properties of the good. However, contrary to what has been suggested in...
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Atacando Pobreza: Evaluación del Programa Fondo de Inversión Social de Panamá
Marcano, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
Durante la década de los noventa, los Fondos de Inversión Social fueron el mecanismo por excelencia para la entrega de obras sociales a poblaciones vulnerables en épocas de ajustes y crisis económicas. Desde entonces, los FIS se han convertido en instituciones con objetivos de más largo...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998027
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Can Africa Reduce Poverty by Half by 2015? The Case for a Pro-Poor Growth Strategy
Bigsten, Arne; Shimeles, Abebe - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
This study uses simulations to explore the possibility of halving the percentage of people living in extreme poverty in … different. In some cases small changes in income-distribution can have a large effect on poverty, while in others a strong focus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651774
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A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life
Powell, Andrew; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper proposes a methodology to resolve the problems that result from using a combination of objective and subjective information in evaluating urban quality of life. The paper further suggests techniques to identify and rank issues of potential importance for urban dwellers. In order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944422
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Insecurity, Health, and Well-Being: An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys Title: Inseguridad, salud y bienestar: Una exploración inicial basada en encuestas sobre la fe...
Graham, Carol; Chaparro, Juan Camilo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Crime and insecurity are increasingly common features of life in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in urban areas. Victimization rates in the region are the highest in the world, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. This publication explores how victimization and perceptions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673510
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Poverty Persistence and Intra-Household Heterogeneity in Occupations: Evidence from Urban Ethiopia
Alem, Yonas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013
Previous studies of poverty in developing countries have to a great extent focused on the characteristics of the … rounds of panel data to investigate the persistence of poverty in urban Ethiopia with a particular focus on the role of intra … market status of non-head household members are important determinants of households' poverty status. Results also show that …
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