of German data which causes significant increases of income inequality compared with income-independent, constant … equivalence scales. (2) Concerning different demarcations of income areas the pattern of income inequality in Germany 1995-2009 is … not distinctively changed in the several variants considered. (3) For three alternative inequality indicators out of the …

correlated with income inequality, and regarding economic growth a (slightly) concave effect upon income inequality has been … income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on … variables inflation, economic growth, and unemployment are at first connected with the German demographic ageing; afterwards …

Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … calculations are correlated with the macroeconomic variables economic growth, inflation, and general unemployment. At the peak of … the crisis – in 2009 – inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic …

“Accelerated Growth Strategy” (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée in French or SCA) in the fight against poverty. We start by an … analysis of the macroeconomic foundations of growth in Senegal and then examine the evolution of labor market and social … indicators over the period under study. We show that growth achievements did not meet the targets set by the SCA. Despite the …

(english) Since the 1994 devaluation, growth has been quite strong in Mali (about 5% p.a. on average), but much weaker … in terms of GDP per person (about 2.6% p.a.) due to a very high index of fecundity. Growth is still very unstable, due to … a surge after the devaluation, poverty incidence plummeted slightly. Extreme poverty decreased, and growth has been pro …

Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim of reducing poverty by half … growth strategy is not really in accordance with the Senegalese Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper …

inequality measures. LIS is a well-managed and undeniably important global public institution for research on inequality and … addressed by a truly global micro-data base for studying poverty and inequality. …

global growth interacts with changing national and international inequality. In light of this we propose and justify an …The interplay of between- and within-country inequality, the relative contribution of each to overall global inequality …, and the implications this has for who benefits from recent global growth (and by how much), has become a significant …

comparable methodology yields the following results. Direct taxes and cash transfers reduce inequality and poverty by nontrivial … at government costs, they reduce inequality in all countries by considerably more than cash transfers, reflecting their …

Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market … (cash transfers) in explaining changes in inequality. We apply the ‘re-centered influence function’ method to decompose …-in demand; institutional factors were not relevant. Government transfers contributed to the decline in inequality, especially …