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The Elimination of Madagascar's Vanilla Marketing Board, Ten Years On
Cadot, Olivier; de Melo, Jaime; Dutoit, Laure - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Commodity prices are usually very slow to recover from adverse shocks. This is one of the reasons why it has proven so difficult either to smooth their effect or to stabilize them, and why it is sometimes argued that they should behave as if shocks were permanent. There is no reason however why...
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The Dynamics of Exclusion and Fiscal Conservatism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper studies the impact of income inequality on fiscal conservatism when an increase in inequality affects the bottom portion of income distribution. It is argued that, contrary to what is generally assumed in the economic literature, inequality will then be associated with less, rather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136638
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The Distributional Consequences of Russia's Transition
Doyle, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
rise in income inequality. Poverty has increased sharply with an estimated 18.5% of the population on incomes below the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498039
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Openness, Inequality and Poverty: Endowments Matter
de Melo, Jaime; Gourdon, Julien; Maystre, Nicolas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Using tariffs as a measure of openness, this paper finds consistent evidence that the conditional effects of trade liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in inequality in countries well-endowed in highly...
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Structural Adjustment, Macroeconomic Adjustment and Poverty: A Methodology for Analysis
Kanbur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986
estimates of the impact of adjustment on poverty using household income and expenditure surveys currently available in LDCs. It … proposes the use of decomposable poverty indices as a tractable vehicle for calculating the impact of adjustment on overall … poverty. This framework does require, however, reasonably disaggregated data on income distribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661633
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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …
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Distribution & Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
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Workers, Machines and Economic Growth
Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper models technology adoption as replacing workers by machines, which perform the same job in the production process. The paper shows that such modelling of technology adoption affects significantly the analysis of economic growth. This model can explain large and persistent...
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How Costly is it for Poor Farmers to Lift Themselves out of Subsistence?
Cadot, Olivier; Dutoit, Laure; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The main objective of this paper is to provide estimates of the cost of moving out of subsistence for Madagascar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662377
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Intermediaries as Bundlers, Traders and Quality Assessors: The Case of UK Tour Operators
Clerides, Sofronis; Nearchou, Paris; Pashardes, Panos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We study the intermediary role of tour operators in the market for package tourism. Intermediaries often arise in order …
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