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A behaviour-based approach to the estimation of poverty in India

Almås, Ingvild; Kjelsrud, Anders; Somanathan, Rohini - 2013

Since the late 1970s, the price indices underlying the poverty lines in India have been updated using aggregate indices … consumption survey data. We propose an alternative approach that identifies poverty from consumer behaviour, based on the notion … higher levels of poverty in eastern India, and generally, smaller reductions in poverty from 2005 to 2010. Our poverty …

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Is there a nonlinear relationship between economic growth and inequality? : theory and lessons from ASEAN, People Republic of China and India

Gangopadhyay, Partha; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2015

In view of rising inequality in fast growing Asian developing countries, it is important to study the relationship between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can bear a complex and non-linear relationship if policy...

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Can there be a wave-like association between economic growth and inequality? : theory and lessons for East Asia from the Middle East

Gangopadhyay, Partha; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2012

ominous messages for using equitable growth in fighting poverty. Rapid growing developing economies need to adopt appropriate … crucial to ensure more equity and social stability. -- growth ; inequality ; poverty ; East Asia and the Middle East …

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Labor income taxation, human capital and growth : the role of child care

Casarico, Alessandra (contributor); … - 2008

This paper studies the implications of introducing child care in the human capital production function when assessing the effects of labor income taxation on growth. We develop an OLG model where formal schooling and child care enter the human capital production function as complements and we...

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Recoupling economic and social prosperity

Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2020

This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human wellbeing, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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Family-specific investments and divorce : a theory of dynamically inconsistent household behavior

Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Roeder, Kerstin - 2016

This paper bridges two distinct areas of inquiry: the economic theory of the family and behavioral research on time-inconsistent preferences. In our model, hyperbolic discounting couples engage in household production activities, thereby accumulating family-specific capital over time. At any...

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Household bargaining and the design of couples' income taxation

Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie; Maldonado, Darío - 2015

This paper studies the design of couples' income taxation. Consumption and labor supply decisions within the couple are made by maximizing a weighted sum of the spouses’ utilities; bargaining weights are given but specific to each couple. The information structure and labor supply decisions...

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Optimal threshold taxation : an empirical investigation for developing economies

Menescal, Lucas; Alves, José - 2022

In this empirical study we assess both linear and nonlinear relationship between total taxation and several tax items with real per capita GDP growth rates for 43 developing countries between 1990 and 2019. We use panel data techniques to evaluate the effects of taxation on economic growth for...

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Optimal carbon taxation and horizontal equity : a welfare theoretic approach with application to German household data

Hänsel, Martin C.; Franks, Max; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2021

We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by considering heterogeneous energy efficiencies. By deriving first- and second-best rules for policy instruments including carbon taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then...

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