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Changing Pattern of Poverty 1997-2004
Angeriz, Alvaro; Chakravarty, Shanti - EconWPA - 2005
It has been noted that failure to meet the target set by government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty … argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this apology for the failure of government to meet poverty targets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134612
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Trade, Poverty and Employment: The Social Consequences of Integration with China
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … likely effects of an FTA with China on poverty and income distribution. We find that the FTA would result in a small … reduction in poverty as well as an improvement in the income distribution. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062638
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Tango with the Dragon: Employment Effects of Trade Integration with China. The Case of Argentina
Castro, Lucio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina, in particular, is investigated. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is used for the first time to estimate labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408025
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EFFICIENCY OF INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL STABILITY AND INCOME DYNAMICS
Carmignani, Fabrizio - EconWPA - 2005
In a simple theoretical framework, the quality of institutions affects individual’s investment decisions, and hence income levels and distribution. When institutions deteriorates and inequalities increase, the incumbent undertakes redistributive taxation to maintain political support. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412490
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Linking Representative Household Models with Household Surveys for Poverty Analysis A Comparison of Alternative Methodologies
Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Chen, Derek; Grimm, Michael - EconWPA - 2004
terms of their implications for measuring the poverty and distributional effects of poverty reduction strategies. These … different results in absolute terms, we show that potential differences in the measurement of distributional and poverty effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118762
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On International Comparisons in Artificial Prices
Kyn, Oldrich - EconWPA - 2005
It is a well-known problem that macroeconomic indicators calculated for different countries are not directly comparable if the original statistical data are expressed in different prices. The artificial prices, computable from input-output models, can provide quite a solid ground for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407752
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Firm Level Investment in France and the United States: An Exploration of What We Have Learned in Twenty Years
Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques; Mulkay, Benoit; … - EconWPA - 1999
We review the changes in modelling strategy and econometric methodology when estimating a firm-level investment equation on panel data during the past twenty years, in order to assess which of these changes result from new estimation methods and changes in the practice of panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408002
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Does Cash Flow Cause Investment and R&D: An Exploration Using Panel Data for French, Japanese, and United States Scientific Firms
Hall, Bronwyn H.; Mairesse, Jacques; Branstetter, Lee; … - EconWPA - 1999
The role of financial institutions and corporate governance in the conduct and performance of industrial firms, especially in the area of technological innovation and international competition has been hotly debated in the recent past. The results presented here are a contribution to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413030
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Uruguay, Options for Pensions Reform
Forteza, Alvaro - EconWPA - 2004
We simulate the budget of the main pension institution of the country, the Banco de Previsión Social (BPS), from 1995, the year the reform was passed, to 2050, when the new system should be mature. We perform several sensitivity analyses to evaluate which are the key exogenous variables and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125903
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The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security: A Comment to Lazear
Chilosi, Alberto - EconWPA - 2005
Edward P. Lazear‘s thesis that “personal accounts are more consistent with economic principles, avoid government moral hazard, and provide more security than government Social Security” is unsound. The same applies to a number of other statements that are made in the process of expounding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125916