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Inégalités de niveaux de vie des actifs et des retraites francais: Ce que nous apprend la multi-décomposition de l'indice de Gini
Legendre, Bérangère - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
In this paper, we apply a multidimensional decomposition of the Gini index to the active and retired populations in France. The multi-decomposition of an inequality measure allows us to put into perspective the role of social spending and taxation in reducing inequalities simultaneously among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861583
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Measuring inequalities: do household surveys paint a realistic picture?
Guénard, Charlotte; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
highlights the fact that lighter data collection processes in some developing countries have added to measurement errors in … consumption and income aggregates measurement errors. The paper reasserts the need to apply reference guidelines to the … measurement of household consumption in order to compute comparable distribution indicators across countries and over time. Second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166531
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Inequality of Opportunities in Health and the Principle of Natural Reward: Evidence from European Countries
Tubeuf, Sandy; Trannoy, Alain; Jusot, Florence; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
This chapter aims to quantify and compare inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries considering two alternative normative ways of treating the correlation between effort, as measured by lifestyles, and circumstances, as measured by parental and childhood characteristics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735779
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Obligation alimentaire et financement de la dépendance : pratiques judiciaires
Gramain, Agnès; Wittwer, Jérôme - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
The article seeks to analyse economic transfers resulting from the controversial implementation of rising maintenance obligations for retirement institution accommodation. The analysis of a sample of legal decisions concerning 305 people liable to maintenance obligations show that the setting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073974
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Un état des lieux des conditions de vie des groupes ethniques au Việt Nam : approche économique et socio-anthropologique
Roubaud, François; Culas, Christian; Massuyeau, Benoît; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074248
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Inégalité de patrimoine et progressivité de l’impôt
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Desbonnet, Audrey - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
This paper studies the impact of the progressivity of income and inheritance tax on wealth inequality in France. By switching to a proportional tax system for each type of tax, we find that income-tax progressivity is more effective than inheritance-tax progressivity in reducing wealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706806
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Urban Poverty Dynamics in Peru and Madagascar, 1997-99: A Panel Data Analysis
Herrera, Javier; Roubaud, François - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
Despite the increasing awareness concerning the importance of distinguishing chronic and transient poverty for policy making, cross-country comparative studies of poverty dynamics in developing countries are virtually non-existent. The small, though increasing, number of existing studies makes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707612
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Commerce, croissance, pauvreté et inégalités dans les PED : une revue de littérature
Cling, Jean-Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
This paper is dedicated to a theoretical and empirical survey of the relationship between trade, growth, poverty and inequality in developing countries. This relationship has been widely discussed by economists during the last few years. The first part presents the main stylised facts concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708037
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Poverty Dynamics in Peru, 1997-1999
Herrera, Javier - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001
How has poverty changed during the 1997-99 period, when the Peruvian economic performance deteriorated seriously under the negative impact of the international financial crisis? The answer to this question has traditionally relied on cross-section comparisons of poverty indicators. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708046
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Inequality of Opportunity for Income in Five Countries of Africa
Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
This paper examines for the first time inequality of opportunity for income in Africa, by analyzing large-sample surveys, all providing information on individuals' parental background, in five comparable Sub-Saharan countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar and Uganda. We compute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709006