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Chinese Poverty: Assessing the Impact of Alternative Assumptions

Reddy, Sanjay G.; Minoiu, Camelia - EconWPA - 2005

This paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … a result of alternative plausible assumptions concerning key parameters that influence the poverty line and estimated … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …

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THE IMPACT OF TAX-BENEFIT SYSTEMS ON LOWINCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE BENELUX COUNTRIES. A SIMULATION APPROACH USING SYNTHETIC DATASETS.

Berger, Frédéric; Borsenberger, Monique; Immervoll, Herwig - EconWPA - 2003

Computing the tax-benefit position of similar "typical" households across countries is a method widely used in comparative fiscal- and social policy research. These calculations provide convenient summary pictures of certain aspects of tax-benefit systems. They can, however, be seriously...

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Are Happy People Ethical People? Evidence from North America and Europe

Harvey S. James Jr. - EconWPA - 2003

This paper contributes to the growing literature on happiness research by examining whether happiness affects the ethical decisions of individuals. First, a recursive model of ethical decision making is developed in which an agent's utility is assumed to be a function of money, ethical...

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Endogenous Leadership in Teams

Biel, Pedro Rey; Huck, Steffen - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we study the mechanics of ``leading by example'' in teams. Leadership is beneficial for the entire team when agents are conformists, i.e., dislike effort differentials. We also show how leadership can arise endogenously and discuss what type of leader benefits a team most.

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Spatial Price Differences in China: Estimates and Implications

Brandt, Loren; Holz, Carsten - EconWPA - 2005

Prices differ across space: from province to province, from rural (or urban) areas in one province to rural (or urban) areas in another province, and from rural to urban areas within one province. Systematic differences in prices across a range of goods and services in different localities imply...

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Inequity aversion and team incentives

Biel, Pedro Rey - EconWPA - 2004

We study optimal contracts when employees are averse to inequity as modelled by Fehr and Schmidt (1999). A ''selfish'' employer can profitably exploit preferences for equity among his employees by offering contracts which create maximum inequity off-equilibrium and thus, leave employees feeling...

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Elitist Land and Agriculture Policies and the Food Problem in Malawi

Stambuli, Kalonga - EconWPA - 2002

The author argues that conversion of over 1 million hectares of customary land to leasehold land tenure merely endowed the elite with excessive landholdings they did not fully utilise for tobacco production because it exceeded the requirement for production of the quota of tobacco output...

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Privación y pobreza en Uruguay (1989-97)

Rossi, Maximo; Rossi, Tatiana - EconWPA - 2004

The purpose of this paper will be to study the evolution of inequality and poverty in Uruguay between 1989 and 1997. We … found that from 1991 there was an increase wage inequality in Uruguay and poverty changed little, decreased until 1993 and … little to poverty. …

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Asset Poverty in the United States, 1984-1999: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Caner, Asena; Wolff, Ed - EconWPA - 2002

Using PSID data for the years 1984 to 1999, we estimate the level and severity of asset poverty. Our results indicate … that the share of asset- poor households remained almost the same and the severity of poverty increased during this period … head, and homeownership, are important determinants of asset poverty. There seems to be a downward trend in the …

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