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We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of … income inequality grew substantially), and also for income growth to have been pro-poor. Income growth was also pro-poor in … Western Germany, more so than in the USA, and inequality did not rise as much. …
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Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes … country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the finding by means of inequality decomposition. A bootstrap …
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Inequality measurement involves explicit or implicit value judgements. The subjective approach to inequality …
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This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at …
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This paper presents evidence on the consequences of the 1912 introduction of "quasiuniversal" male suffrage in Italy. The reform increased the electorate from slightly less than three million to 8,650,000 and left the electoral rules and the district boundaries unchanged. This allows us to...
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This paper aims to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are benefiting from economic development. Using regression analysis, five factors were examined: (1) location of the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3) changes in rice...
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We re-examine some of the standard axioms used in the literature on Poverty Measurement. Using a sample of 486 students from Australia, Israel and the USA we investigate the extent to which perceptions of poverty correspond to the axioms.
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This article provides a brief overview of the key issues in inequality measurement andhas been prepared for inclusion …
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flavours include inequality, risk, social welfare and justice. The issue of personal involvement in the distributional …
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distribution. We show that inequality changed dramatically during the decade, along with modest changes in average income. Applying …
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