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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international …

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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

benefit from economic growth. The linkage between growth, redistribution and poverty is also analysed. In the review of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761854

Trust, Growth and Well-being: New Evidence and Policy Implications

Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms and the methods employed to identify the causal impact of trust on economic...

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Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa

Falco, Paolo; Maloney, William F.; Rijkers, Bob; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

By exploiting recent advances in mixed (stochastic parameter) ordered probit estimators and a unique longitudinal dataset from Ghana, this paper examines the distribution of subjective wellbeing across sectors of employment and offers insights into the functioning of developing country labor...

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Can Dreams Come True? Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa by 2030

Ncube, Mthuli; Brixiova, Zuzana; Bicaba, Zorobabel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. Globally, the World Bank set goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to …, eliminating poverty by 2030 is out of the region's reach. Even under our 'best case' scenario of accelerated growth and … redistribution from the richest 10 percent to the poorest 40 percent of the population, the poverty rate would still be around 10 …

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Growth and Inequality in Public Good Games

Gächter, Simon; Mengel, Friederike; Tsakas, Elias; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In a novel experimental design we study public good games with dynamic interdependencies. Each agent's income at the end of a period serves as her endowment in the following period. In this setting growth and inequality arise endogenously allowing us to address new questions regarding their...

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Innovation, Inequality and a Golden Rule for Growth in an Economy with Cobb-Douglas Function and an R&D Sector

Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The combination of a macroeconomic production function and...

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Does Development Reduce Migration?

Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...

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