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inequality faced by most countries. The question studied in this paper is: How do international policies on aid, trade, and … terms of changes in standard inequality measures, it is of some importance for the lowest decile of the world's income … with extending this analysis of redistribution to other forms of international factor flows-more specifically, migrant …
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"It is acknowledged that the lack of any systematic link between growth and income inequality does not necessarily mean … 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 …
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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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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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fluctuations and extreme output events (crises) on unemployment, poverty, and inequality. The authors find robust evidence that …
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. And it shows why global inequality matters and proposes a scheme for global redistribution. "--World Bank web site … inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality …
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"Theories of poverty traps stand in sharp contrast to the view that anybody can make it through hard work and thrift. However, empirical detection of poverty traps is complicated by the lack of long panels, measurement error, and attrition. This paper shows how dynamic pseudo-panel methods can...
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these inequality-adjusted social welfare functions in a general equilibrium structure mapping from tariff protection to … household inequality. This yields predictions regarding the linkages between trade protection, country characteristics, and … inequality within a broad general equilibrium framework. In addition, the authors can separate the efficiency and equity effects …
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