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The Debate on Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: why Measurement Matters
Ravallion, Martin - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2004) 1
progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of “globalization.” This paper provides a non … evidence suggests that, if the rate of progress against absolute poverty in the developing world in the 1990s is maintained …, then the Millennium Development Goal of halving the 1990 aggregate poverty rate by 2015 will be achieved on time in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003972
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Fighting Poverty One Experiment at a Time: <em>Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty</em>: Review Essay
Ravallion, Martin - In: Journal of Economic Literature 50 (2012) 1, pp. 103-14
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo offer a coherent vision for an economics of poverty and antipoverty policy. Their … how far its approach will get us in fighting global poverty. (JEL I32, I38, O15, P36) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011014342
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An Exploration of the International Comparison Program's New Global Economic Landscape
Ravallion, Martin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rates from the 2011 round of the International Comparison Program (ICP) imply some dramatic revisions to price levels and real incomes across the world. The paper tries to understand these changes. Domestic inflation rates account for a share of the PPP changes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951231
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Benefit Incidence with Incentive Effects, Measurement Errors and Latent Heterogeneity: A Case Study for China
Ravallion, Martin; Chen, Shaohua - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
In what is probably the largest cash transfer program in the world today China’s Dibao program aims to fill all poverty … gaps. In theory, the program creates a poverty trap, with 100% benefit withdrawal rate (BWR). But is that what we see in …, and is also lower than the rate implied by optimal income tax models for poverty reduction. The paper discusses likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262912
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China's Lagging Poor Areas
Jalan, Jyotsna; Ravallion, Martin - In: American Economic Review 89 (1999) 2, pp. 301-305
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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women's declining relative well-being is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999987
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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women’s declining relative well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036241
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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796644
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin; Sacks, Daniel W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682644
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684672