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. Our findings suggest convergence in estimated inequality by regions but we do not find evidence of convergence across …Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was estimated in the past literature are the motivation for our …
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. Our findings suggest convergence in estimated inequality by regions but we do not find evidence of convergence across …Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was estimated in the past literature are the motivation for our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472036
decision is also affected by other attractiveness and opportunity factors offered by the regions, and by certain … of the other regions, the probability of a top 1% taxpayer changing its residence increases by 11.2 percentage points …
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decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 … often before 2015 they offset each other's effects. Inequality improved, as the proportions of households with both heads … are reflected in most regions. The Philippine experience in 2000–2018 thus underscores that growth alone does not ensure …
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The scope of immigrants' transnational ties and the relationship to their social position is subject to a controversial … scholars in migration and assimilation studies hold that it is the most underprivileged immigrants who maintain strong ties …
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societal income inequality, poverty, polarization and societal segmentation are examined. What emerges for the Eurozone as an … behaviour. However, in the face of increasing overall Eurozone inequality, constituent nations were becoming increasingly …
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This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century … converged somewhat during this period. In addition, we study the correlates of low-intensity immigration in Chile. Regions with …. Inequality, measured with anthropometric methods, was associated with a lower speed of human capital formation. Not all talents …
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paper aims to identify the situation of inequality of Lithuania's regions, taking into consideration the most important … factors of regional economic growth and investments. Evaluation of regions by 15 criteria is carried out by a ranking method …. Results show a big disparity between regions. Significant Spearman correlation is found between FDI and total investment with …
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In this study, we embark on measuring inequality in Iran. We compute three measures of group-based inequality (Group … and Income Surveys (HEIS) from 1990 through 2012. Inequality between groups based on religion (Muslim, non …-Muslim), citizenship (Iranian, Non-Iranian) are also studied using the 2006 census. Our analysis of the trend of horizontal inequality …
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