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Measuring inequality of opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Barros, Ricardo Paes de (contributor) - 2009
Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522101
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523264
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Inequality of opportunity and economic development
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2006
"Just as equality of opportunity becomes an increasingly prominent concept in normative economics, the authors argue that it is also a relevant concept for positive models of the links between distribution and aggregate efficiency. Persuasive microeconomic evidence suggests that inequalities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522244
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Banking sector crises and inequality
Honohan, Patrick - 2005
"An apparent temporary narrowing of income inequality has been observed during several recent banking crises. But it would be a mistake to conclude that such crises don't matter for the poor. For one thing, the correlation is not strong, and the opposite pattern has also been present. Besides,...
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The debate on globalization, poverty, and inequality : why measurement matters
Ravallion, Martin - 2003
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Lesotho - Sharing Growth by Reducing Inequality and Vulnerability : Choices for Change A Poverty, Gender, and Social Assessment
World Bank - 2012
Lesotho began a structural economic transformation in the early 1990s. The transformation has brought higher, more secure incomes to households while the government succeeded in dramatically improving access to services such as education, health, water, and transportation. Yet today, Lesotho...
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China - From Poor Areas to Poor People : China???s Evolving Poverty Reduction Agenda - An Assessment of Poverty and Inequality in China
World Bank - 2012
China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this vast nation of 1.3 billion people has achieved in so little time. In terms of a wide range of indicators, the progress has been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550799
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China - From Poor Areas to Poor People : China???s Evolving Poverty Reduction Agenda - An Assessment of Poverty and Inequality in China
World Bank - 2012
China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this vast nation of 1.3 billion people has achieved in so little time. In terms of a wide range of indicators, the progress has been remarkable. Poverty in terms of income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550801