net. Analysis of the price elasticity of various tobacco products would bring out the potential of tax as an instrument to … elasticities showed that the own price elasticity estimates of various addictive goods in India ranged between -0.5 to -1.0 with … tobacco in India have become slightly more price responsive while elasticity of cigarettes and pan have stabilized. With some …

This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth and inequality, and makes a case about the …

The present study investigates the trends in inequality, welfare, and growth based on per capita household income …. The study finds fluctuating trends in inequality, and rising trends in both welfare and growth. In general, inequality …, welfare, and growth remain higher in the urban areas. The study finds income inequality to be more severe as compared to …

This study provides an overview of inequality in Indonesia for the period of 1984 to 2002 using several widely used … measurements of inequality. Firstly, unlike previous studies, our paper uses real consumption expenditure that takes into account … measures indicate a decrease in inequality, it actually increased for those below the poverty line. Finally, this study also …

measures of inequality, poverty, and pro-poor growth in four time periods over 1992–2010. Changes in these measures are … separated into rural and urban regions. We find that the PRC has grown rapidly with increasing inequality accompanying this …

capital city is positively associated with better governance and more redistribution (proxied by post-tax inequality), in OLS …