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Sources of Welfare Disparities across and within Regions of Brazil: Evidence from the 2002-03 Household Budget Survey
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Katayama, Roy - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in household … quantiles of welfare distributions on regionally representative household survey data (2002-03 Household Budget Survey). The … analysis finds that household attributes account for most of the welfare differences between urban and rural areas within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129170
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A Curse of Comparison? Evidence on Reference Groups for Relative Income Concerns
Kuegler, Alice - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133487
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Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005
Milanovic, Branko; Ersado, Lire - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of the economies. The analysis shows … (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for the pro-inequality effect; small-scale privatization … spending as share of gross domestic income reduces inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141840
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Dietary Patterns and Non-Communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia; Vazquez, Luis T Marcano; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
To raise awareness among policymakers and health practitioners about unhealthy diets, this document examines dietary patterns in selected Latin American countries using household surveys. The analysis shows that a large percentage of households in the countries examined have inadequate diets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781855
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Leveling the Intra-household Playing Field: Compensation and Specialization in Child Labor Allocation
V. Del Carpio, Ximena; Macours, Karen - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks created by a social program in Nicaragua. The paper shows that households that randomly received a conditional cash transfer compensated for some of the intra-household differences,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141578
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Global inequality recalculated : the effect of new 2005 PPP estimates on global inequality
Milanovic, Branko - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
. Inequality between global citizens is estimated at 70 Gini points rather than 65 as before. The richest decile receives 57 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512546
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Measuring inequality from top to bottom
Bazan, Diaz; Valeria, Tania - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
This paper presents a new methodology to measure inequality that optimally combines household survey information and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252713
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No condition is permanent : middle class in Nigeria in the last decade
Rodas, Corral; Andres, Paul; Molini, Vasco; Oseni, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
The economic debate on existence and definition of the middle class has become particularly lively in many developing countries. Despite this growing interest, the identification of the middle class group in these countries remains quite challenging. Building on a recently developed framework to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011202210
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Equality of opportunity : theory and evidence
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, Vito - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
and Public Policy -- provides a critical review of the economic literature on equality and inequality of opportunity. A … principle are presented, and the tensions between them are discussed. Different approaches to the measurement of inequality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206983
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Was growth in Egypt between 2005 and 2008 pro-poor ? from static to dynamic poverty profile
Marotta, Daniela; Yemtsov, Ruslan; El-Laithy, Heba; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
averages to look at the trajectories of individual households. Panel data analysis shows that the welfare of the average poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861966