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Nonfarm activity and rural income inequality : a case study of two provinces in China
Luo, Xubei - 2006
"Nonfarm activity plays an increasingly important role in rural household income. Based on data from the Living Standards Measurement Study in the provinces of Hebei and Liaoning, the authors study the distribution of nonfarm income in rural China. First, they assume nonfarm income as an...
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Bulgaria : A Changing Poverty Profile
World Bank - 2013
Bulgaria's economic progress in recent years has been notable. Since 1997, the country has implemented a range of structural reforms alongside substantive fiscal and sectoral reforms. Measures have included the introduction of a currency board to stabilize the lev and more aggressive...
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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
and Vietnam over a period when both countries grew spectacularly as they transitioned from planned to market economies … of horizontal redistribution and re-ranking in both China-and to a lesser extent Vietnam-more than offset pro …
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Climbing the Ladder : Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Vietnam
World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2018
Vietnam has achieved remarkable success in reducing poverty while controlling inequality. The country's broad … progress too. This report analyzes recent trends in poverty and shared prosperity. It presents the findings of the 2016 Vietnam … organized into two main sections. The first section reviews Vietnam's progress in reducing poverty and promoting share …
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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : a case study from Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009
econometric estimation techniques, this study finds that grid electrification has significant positive impacts on households …
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Brazil : Measuring Poverty Using Household Consumption
World Bank - 2012
This report on measuring poverty using household consumption summarizes the work undertaken as part of the Brazil Poverty Measurement Study (BRAPOV) that supported a program of analytical work and technical support via an in-depth assessment of the measurement of poverty and inequality in...
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Household savings and residential mobility in informal settlements
Lall, Somik V. - 2005
rely solely on household savings for purchasing a house. These findings underscore the urgent need to improve savings …
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The economic consequences of health shocks
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and medical care spending responds to health shocks, and (2) how far … the medical care costs associated with health shocks, and is consistent with the very generous coverage of Vietnam …
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Patterns in household demand and saving
Lluch, Constantino - 1977
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Why should we care about child labor? The education, labor market, and health consequences of child labor
Dehejia, Rajeev Harsha - 2005
Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy. Five years subsequent to the child labor experience, they find significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522719