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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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This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four nonmember countries during 2000 and 2004. A unique dataset was compiled that matches patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) to industry-specific R&D inputs from EU...
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This paper assesses the relative efficiency of knowledge production in the OECD using a nonparametric DEA approach. Resources allocated to R&D are limited and should therefore be used efficiently given the institutional and legal constraints. This paper presents efficiency scores based on an...
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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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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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to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets for maternal and child health. This study shows inequality in …
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