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-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …
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poverty, income per capita and the human development index have only a significant direct impact on individual happiness …
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This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …
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In Uruguay the tax structure and social spending reduce inequality and poverty for the whole society (Bucheli et al … question of our paper is whether the reduction of inequality and poverty benefit a racial group over the others or affectracial … ethnic groups equally. The three racial groups are equally likely to be taken off extreme poverty by the direct transfer …
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no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …
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The paper provides an evaluation of the redistribution effects stemming from the changes to the personal income tax introduced in the last decade. The analysis confirms that between 1989 and 2001 the net average tax rate increased for all taxpayers and, above all, for one-earner couples. The...
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inequality and poverty when all taxes and transfers are combined. In comparison with other five countries in Latin America, it … ranks first (poverty reduction) and second (inequality reduction), and first in terms of poverty reduction effectiveness and …
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each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …
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