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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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Design-based estimators of totals, means or proportions in finite populations generally are functions of weighted sums. If each element selected into the sample is also observed, then for the calculation of the pi-estimator these weights are just the inverse inclusion probabilities of the...
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We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we compare total individual income of permanent adult residents, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West...
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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 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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to achieve the MDG targets for maternal and child health. This study shows inequality in maternal and child health …
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reducing poverty and perhaps inequality, as well as better fertility management--particularly among the poor--aimed at the …
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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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This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth, and inequality, and makes a case about …
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