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Is there such thing as middle class values ? Class differences, values and political orientations in Latin America

Lopez-Calva, Luis F.; Rigolini, Jamele; Torche, Florencia - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011

Middle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. This paper investigates the relation between class (measured by position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American countries. The...

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Finance, comparative advantage, and resource allocation

Jaud, Melise; Kukenova, Madina; Strieborny, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

The authors show that exported products exit the US market sooner if they violate the Heckscher-Ohlin notion of comparative advantage. Crucially, this pattern is stronger when exporting country has a well-developed banking system, measured by a high ratio of bank credit over the GDP. Banks thus...

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Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China ?

Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010

This paper estimates the relationship between initial village inequality and subsequent household income growth for a … for an array of household and village characteristics, the paper finds that households located in higher inequality … villages experienced significantly lower income growth through the 1990s. However, local inequality’s predictive power and …

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Troubling tradeoffs in the Human Development Index

Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010

The 20th Human Development Report has introduced a new version of its famous Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI aggregates country-level attainments in life expectancy, schooling and income per capita. Each year's rankings by the HDI are keenly watched in both rich and poor countries. The...

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Growth, Inequality, and Social Equity in Argentina

Valdovinos, Carlos Fernández - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

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How long will it take to lift one billion people out of poverty ?

Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

series data and non-linear simulations of inequality-neutral growth for the developing world as a whole. …

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Trends in developing country trade 1980-2010

Michalopoulos, Constantine; Ng, Francis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

This paper reviews trends and patterns in developing countries'trade from 1980 to 2010. During the 30-year span, world trade expanded rapidly, especially in developing countries in the last decade. A similar picture emerges in trade in services. These overall trends, however, mask different...

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Global income distribution : from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the great recession

Lakner, Christoph; Milanovic, Branko - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

The paper presents a newly compiled and improved database of national household surveys between 1988 and 2008. In 2008, the global Gini index is around 70.5 percent having declined by approximately 2 Gini points over this twenty year period. When it is adjusted for the likely under-reporting of...

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Guidelines for Constructing Consumption Aggregates for Welfare Analysis

Deaton, Angus; Zaidi, Salman - Economics Research, World Bank Group

An analyst using household survey data to construct a welfare metric is often confronted with onfronted with An analyst using household survey data to construct a welfare metric is often confronted with a number of theoretical and practical problems. What components should be included in the...

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European Integration and Income Convergence : Lessons for Central and Eastern European Countries

Martin, Carmela; Velazquez, Francisco J.; Funck, Bernard - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The prospect of enlarging the European Union (EU) to Central and Eastern European countries with income levels far below those of present members, questions how, and when the candidates' aspiration to converge towards EU standards of living, could possibly by fulfilled. To address these...

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