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, judgemental rationality and open systems are recommended for interdisciplinary investigations of poverty. [DSA, Annual conference …
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include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …
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This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty chnages in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro data sets from Household Income Surverys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and population sub-groups. [Discussion Paper No. 2001/21].
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The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the … two are inter-connected. It discusses policy alternative policies to counter extreme poverty and inequality. The paper …
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trends in world income inequality, it examines first the ‘growth’ conduit through which globalization affects poverty …. Treating inequality as the explicit filter between growth and poverty reduction, the causal chain of openness-growth-inequality …
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This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference …-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity—aspects emphasized in Prospect Theory—to social welfare measurement. We suggest a … differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated based on …
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inequality of the village of residence. Using the Hispanic naming convention, within-village extended family networks in 504 poor …
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unimodal one, the evolution of the health distribution has preceded that of income, global inequality and poverty has decreased … indicates that global inequality would be underestimated if within-country inequality is not taken into account. Moreover …, global inequality and poverty would be substantially underestimated if the dependence between the income and health …
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poverty and inequality. This paper uses the sharp trade liberalization in India in 1991, spurred to a large extent by external … factors, to measure the causal impact of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in districts in India. Variation in …
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Our goal is to examine the income inequality and welfare effects of the direct distribution of resource rents and … rents-induced inequality. …
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