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Chapter 8. Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty : Rich and Middle-Income Countries
Morelli, Salvatore; Smeeding, Timothy; Thompson, Jeffrey - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 593-696). 2015
in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011 in most countries. We provide measures of the levels and trends in … each of these areas, as well as an integrated discussion of empirical choices made in the measurement of poverty, overall …
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Chapter 2. Inequality, Income, and Well-Being
Decancq, Koen; Fleurbaey, Marc; Schokkaert, Erik - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 67-140). 2015
Individual well-being depends not only on income but also on other dimensions of life, such as health, the quality of social relations and of the environment, employment, and job satisfaction. In this chapter we survey the economic literature on how to construct such overall measures of...
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Making growth more inclusive in Costa Rica
González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016
-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has achieved and identifies reducing inequality and poverty as the … by raising their skill levels. This is the most effective way to get people out of poverty. Education is the area where … growth and employment opportunities, thereby providing a way out of poverty. Building on its achievements in this area, Costa …
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Chapter 3. Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality
Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 141-216). 2015
This chapter examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. It first … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The chapter also provides a …
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Chapter 13 Income distribution and development
Kanbur, Ravi - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 1, (pp. 791-841). 2000
This paper is a review of the post-war literature on income distribution and development. It argues that the literature has cycled from one consensus to another, responding to emerging policy issues and new analysis. On the basis of the review, the paper identifies five areas that will command...
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Chapter 9. Recent Trends in Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries
Alvaredo, Facundo; Gasparini, Leonardo - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 697-805). 2015
This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … poverty across countries and regions, an assessment of trends in these variables since the early 1980s, and a general … discussion of their determinants. There has been tremendous progress in the measurement of inequality and poverty in the …
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How redistributive is fiscal policy in Latin America? : the case of Chile and Mexico
Castelletti, Barbara - 2013
This paper looks at the incidence of fiscal policy on the income distribution for Chile and Mexico. Notably by broadening the income concept to account for in-kind benefits and taxes, this paper provides a full picture of the effect of fiscal policy on reducing income inequality. The contrast...
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Chapter 24. Microsimulation and Policy Analysis
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 2141-2221). 2015
We provide an overview of microsimulation approaches for assessing the effects of policy on income distribution. We focus on the role of tax-benefit policies and review the concept of microsimulation and how it contributes to the analysis of income distribution in general and policy evaluation...
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Chapter 10. Income Mobility
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 807-935). 2015
We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of mobility within and between generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices, measurement methods, data sources, and recent empirical evidence.
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Profiling gendered multidimensional poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
Omotoso, Kehinde Oluwaseun; Adesina, Jimi O.; Adewole, … - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation and … 14 (2022) 2, pp. 564-576
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