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Death and destitution : the global distribution of welfare losses from the COVID-19 pandemic
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703146
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Lives and livelihoods : estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the Covid-19 pandemic
Decerf, Benoit; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Mahler, … - 2020
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional … dominance of poverty over mortality is reversed in a counterfactual "herd immunity" scenario: without any policy intervention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241367
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Taxing tobacco in Georgia : welfare and distributional gains of smoking cessation
Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan; González Icaza, María Fernanda - 2020
This paper analyzes the welfare and distributional impacts of increasing taxes on cigarettes in Georgia. Increasing taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save more than GEL 3.6 billion and 53 thousand lives over a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228627
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A poorly understood disease? : the unequal distribution of excess mortality due to COVID-19 across French municipalities
Brandily, Paul; Brébion, Clément; Briole, Simon; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271043
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The domestic welfare loss of Syrian Civil War : an equivalent income approach
Onder, Harun; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751514
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Lives and livelihoods estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the Covid-19 pandemic
Decerf, Benoit; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Mahler, … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314482
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Measuring ancient inequality
Milanović, Branko (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623725
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Measuring health inequality with categorical data : some regional patterns
Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2013
Much of the theoretical literature on inequality assumes that the equalisand is a cardinal variable like income or wealth. However, health status is generally measured as a categorical variable expressing a qualitative order. Traditional solutions involve reclassifying the variable by means of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199448
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The measurement of health inequalities : does status matter?
Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2016
The measurement of health inequalities usually involves either estimating the concentration of health outcomes using an income-based measure of status or applying conventional inequalitymeasurement tools to a health variable that is non-continuous or, in many cases, categorical. However, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547679
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The global joint distribution of income and health
Wu, Ximing (contributor); Savvides, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2008
We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we estimate the marginal distributions of income and life expectancy separately. More importantly, in contrast to previous univariate approaches, we consider income and life expectancy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003748490