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Measuring Unfair Inequality : Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
Hufe, Paul - 2018
Rising income inequalities are widely debated in public and academic discourse. In this paper, we contribute to this … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912680
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Middlemen, non-profits, and poverty
Chau, Nancy H.; Goto, Hideaki; Kanbur, Ravi - 2009
In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a fair-trade premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269504
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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
Jantti, Markus - 2013
differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated based on …This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference … suggest a new notion of equivalent income, the income level with which the individual would be as well off, evaluated using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086978
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Inequality, poverty and development : with an application to Fiji
Kanbur, Ravi - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359484
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How serious is the neglect of intra-household inequality?
Haddad, Lawrence James - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359641
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Early Life Determinants of Cognitive Ability: A Comparative Study on Madagascar and Senegal
Kaila, Heidi; Sahn, David E.; Sunder, Naveen - 2018
cognitive outcomes in young adult life. Additionally, we find that both early life cognitive ability and health seem to have … cohort members according to their height, which we consider a proxy for health status – shorter individuals show a stronger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873554
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Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
Hufe, Paul; Kanbur, Ravi; Peichl, Andreas - 2018
Rising income inequalities are widely debated in public and academic discourse. In this paper, we contribute to this … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931566
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Middlemen, Non-Profits, and Poverty
Chau, Nancy; Goto, Hideaki; Kanbur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a "fair-trade" premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015498
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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
Jäntti, Markus; Kanbur, Ravi; Nyyssölä, Milla; … - CESifo - 2013
differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated based on …This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account reference … new notion of equivalent income, the income level with which the individual would be as well off, evaluated using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607471