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Djankov, Simeon - 2006

"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for endogeneity and remoteness. On...

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Global redistribution of income

Bourguignon, François - 2006

with extending this analysis of redistribution to other forms of international factor flows-more specifically, migrant …

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Decomposing changes in income inequality into vertical and horizontal redistribution and reranking, with applications to China and Vietnam

Wagstaff, Adam - 2005

devised to decompose the redistributive effect of a tax to analyze the extent to which vertical redistribution associated with … changing incomes over time is offset or reinforced by horizontal redistribution and re-ranking. He uses panel data from China … of horizontal redistribution and re-ranking in both China-and to a lesser extent Vietnam-more than offset pro …

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Distributional effects of crises : / the role of financial transfers

Halac, Marina - 2003

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Uruguay : Income Transfer Policies in Uruguay, Closing the Gaps to Increase Welfare

World Bank - 2012

Uruguay's Government is currently analyzing several reform strategies for the social sectors. These include a health reform, the introduction of a new poverty alleviation program, possible changes in pensions and unemployment insurance, and also a tax reform, that impacts the income transfer...

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Federative Republic of Brazil - Social Insurance and Labor Supply : Assessing Incentives and Redistribution

World Bank - 2013

system in terms of incentives and redistribution. It starts with an overview of institutional arrangements, programs, and … could 'correct' incentives by making redistribution more transparent and progressive. A behavioral life-cycle model …

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