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"Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1989 and 2000 LIMEW Estimates for France"

Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2011

The quality of match for each of four statistical matches used in the LIMEW estimates for France for 1989 and 2000 is described. The first match combines the 1992 Enquete sur les Actifs Financiers with the 1989–90 Enquete Budget de Famille (BDF). The second match combines the 1998 General...

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"Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1999 and 2005 LIMEW Estimates for Canada"

Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2010

The quality of match of four statistical matches used in the LIMEW estimates for Canada for 1999 and 2005 is described. The first match combines the 1999 Survey of Financial Security (SFS) with the 1999 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). The second match combines the 1998 General...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008607501

"Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1995 and 2005 LIMEW Estimates for Great Britain"

Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2011

The quality of match of four statistical matches used in the LIMEW estimates for Great Britain for 1995 and 2005 is described. The first match combines the fifth (1995) wave of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) with the 1995–96 Family Resources Survey (FRS). The second match combines...

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"Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the 1992 and 2007 LIMEW Estimates for the United States"

Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2010

The quality of match of four statistical matches used in the LIMEW estimates for the United States for 1992 and 2007 is described. The first match combines the 1992 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) with the 1993 March Supplement to the Current Population Survey, or Annual Demographic Supplement...

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"The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being: Estimates for Canada, 1999 and 2005"

Sharpe, Andrew; Murray, Alexander; Evans, Benjamin; … - Levy Economics Institute - 2011

This report presents estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) for a representative sample of Canadian households in 1999 and 2005. The results indicate that there was only modest growth in the average Canadian household’s total command over economic resources in...

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"Measuring Poverty Using Both Income and Wealth: An Empirical Comparison of Multidimensional Approaches Using Data for the U.S. and Spain"

Azpitarte, Francisco - Levy Economics Institute - 2010

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the approaches to poverty based on income and wealth that have been … proposed in the literature. Two types of approaches are considered: those that look at income and wealth separately when … argue that the higher correlation between income and wealth in the United States contributes to explaining the greater …

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"A Comparison of Inequality and Living Standards in Canada and the United States Using an Expanded Measure of Economic Well-Being"

Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit; Masterson, Thomas; … - Levy Economics Institute - 2012

) in that it includes noncash government transfers, public consumption, income from wealth, and household production, and … coefficient of 0.376-a gap that primarily reflects the greater importance of income from wealth in the States. However, the …

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"Simulations of Full-Time Employment and Household Work in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico"

Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2012

The method for simulation of labor market participation used in the LIMTIP models for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. In each case, all eligible adults not working full-time were assigned full-time jobs. In all households that included job recipients, the time spent on household...

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"Recent Trends in Household Wealth in the United States-- Rising Debt and the Middle-Class Squeeze--An Update to 2007"

Wolff, Edward N. - Levy Economics Institute - 2010

-class squeeze." Median wealth grew briskly in the late 1990s. It grew even faster in the aughts, while the inequality of net worth …-type assets generally remained as high in 2007 as during the previous two decades. The racial and ethnic disparity in wealth … the early and mid-aughts. Wealth also shifted in relative terms, away from young households (particularly those under age …

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"The Economics of Inclusion: Building an Argument for a Shared Society"

Valenti, Michael A.; Giovannoni, Olivier G. - Levy Economics Institute - 2013

This paper presents a review of the literature on the economics of shared societies. As defined by the Club de Madrid, shared societies are societies in which people hold an equal capacity to participate in and benefit from economic, political, and social opportunities regardless of race,...

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