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Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility

Jenkins, Stephen P.; VanKerm, Philippe - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

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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Country Inequality Rankings and Conversion Schemes

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

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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Inefficiency in the German Mechanical Engineering Sector

Schiersch, Alexander - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

This paper aims to examine the relative efficiency of German engineering firms using a sample of roughly 23,000 observations between 1995 and 2004. As these firms had been successful in the examination period in terms of output- and export-growth, it is expected that a majority of firms is...

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Next Stop: Restructuring?: A Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis of German Public Transport Companies

Hirschhausen, Christian von; Cullmann, Astrid - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

In this paper, we present a nonparametric comparative efficiency analysis of 179 communal public transport bus companies in Germany (1990-2004). We apply both deterministic data envelopment analysis (DEA) and bootstrapping to test the robustness of our estimates and to test the hypothesis of...

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Overcoming Data Limitations in Nonparametric Benchmarking: Applying PCA-DEA to Natural Gas Transmission

Nieswand, Maria; Cullmann, Astrid; Neumann, Anne - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

This paper provides an empirical demonstration for a practical approach of efficiency evaluation against the background of limited data availability in some regulated industries. Here, traditional DEA may result in a lack of discriminatory power when high numbers of variables but only limited...

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A Note on Economic Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in the Philippines

Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Reyes, Celia M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011

This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at …

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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?

Parel, Danileen Kristel C. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014

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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Are Maternal and Child Care Programs Reaching the Poorest Regions in the Philippines?

Lavado, Rouselle F.; Lagrada, Leizel P. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2008

to achieve the MDG targets for maternal and child health. This study shows inequality in maternal and child health …

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Population and Poverty: A Review of the Links, Evidence and Implications for the Philippines

Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2004

reducing poverty and perhaps inequality, as well as better fertility management--particularly among the poor--aimed at the …

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Poverty and Agriculture in the Philippines: Trends in Income Poverty and Distribution

Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Reyes, Celia M.; Asis, Ronina D.; … - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2012

inequality measures. In this paper, we show the salient features of the country`s poverty situation in a hope to contribute to …

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