well as large public transfer programs affect the distribution of income. These transfers may well be interpreted as a …, growth generated by the boom reduces poverty despite increasing informality. …

Poverty Impact Analysis in individual countries. The model combines the optimizing behavior of CGE models with the asset …

migration, which has become increasingly popular in many Eastern European countries. Our findings indicate that poverty is a …

The aim of this paper is to provide fresh empirical evidence of the mechanisms through which wage inequality affects … inequality. Her results are robust within the different specifications and different definitions of the reference group. …

shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …

. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional … wisdom afforded us by such aphorisms is questioned. To exemplify these ideas the results are applied to the distribution of …

poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …

This paper provides an account of the evolution of poverty and inequality during adjustment in Bolivia, covering the … period 1985–99. It turns out that urban poverty declined somewhat after the initial stabilization phase that followed the … hyperinflation in 1985. A similar evolution of per capita income suggests a positive impact of growth on urban poverty, although the …

-led. Survival-led diversification would decrease inequality by increasing the incomes of poorer households and thus reduce poverty …. By contrast, opportunity-led diversification would increase inequality and have a minor effect on poverty, as it tends to … diversification strategies. Yet, the poverty and inequality implications differ somewhat from our expectations. Our findings indicate …