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Social evaluations when populations differ in size

Duclos, JeanYves; Zabsonré, Agnès - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 47 (2014) 2, pp. 605-633

by considering arbitrary orders of welfare dominance and ranges of poverty lines, as well as values for the critical …

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Equity-regarding poverty measures: differences in needs and the role of equivalence scales

Ebert, Udo - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 43 (2010) 1, pp. 301-322

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It demonstrates the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for … the choice of poverty lines, and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales, which are popular …

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Teach a man to fish? Education vs. optimal taxation

Stephens, Eric - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012) 4, pp. 1700-1727

In models of redistribution, differences in human capital are often the relevant source of heterogeneity among individuals. Presumably, the distribution of human capital can be manipulated through education spending. This paper examines the use of education as a redistributive tool when there is...

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Poverty and inequality under income and price dispersions

Muller, Christophe - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 38 (2005) 3, pp. 979-998

and incomes by using parametric formulae of poverty and inequality measures. We propose statistical indicators for the … levels, variabilities, and correlation of prices and incomes. The roles of price and income variabilities for poverty and …

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Traffic fatalities: does income inequality create an externality?

Anbarci, Nejat; Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles A. - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 42 (2009) 1, pp. 244-266

Responsible for 20 million severe injuries and/or deaths annually, few epidemics receive less attention than traffic accidents. Going beyond confirming an inverted U-shaped relationship between mean income and fatalities, we show theoretically that income inequality can positively affect...

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Innis Lecture: Inference on income distributions

Davidson, Russell - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 43 (2010) 4, pp. 1122-1148

poverty, the other based on notions of stochastic dominance. From the statistical point of view, many techniques are common to …

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Imputing rent in consumption measures, with an application to consumption poverty in Canada, 1997-2009

Norris, Sam; Pendakur, Krishna - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 46 (2013) 4, pp. 1537-1570

We consider two econometric problems in the measurement of poverty, both relating to rent imputation. First, we account … estimated household consumption by 5% over uncorrected estimates and decreases estimated poverty rates quite dramatically …, rather than a consumption level, for each household. This correction increases estimated poverty rates slightly. We use our …

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Should land and capital be taxed at a uniform rate?

Lee, Kangoh - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 36 (2003) 2, pp. 350-372

If jurisdictions are allowed to tax land and capital separately, they tax only land, because capital taxation distorts the allocation of mobile capital. To exploit absentee owners, however, jurisdictions tax land beyond the efficient level. As absentee ownership increases throughout the economy,...

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Envy, leisure, and restrictions on working hours

Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francisco - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 40 (2007) 4, pp. 1286-1310

We present a simple model of capital accumulation where agents care about their consumption relative to the consumption of other members of society, `envy,' In this context we quantify the extent of the distortions and welfare costs associated with envy. Under conservative estimates of envy we...

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A dynamic-efficiency rationale for public investment in the health of the young

Andersen, Torben M.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 47 (2014) 3, pp. 697-719

In this paper we assume away standard distributional and staticefficiency arguments for public health and instead seek a dynamic efficiency rationale. We study a lifecycle model wherein young agents make health investments to reduce mortality risk. We identify a welfare rationale for public...

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