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New imputation procedures in the measurement of inequality, growth, and poverty in Brazil

Hecksher, Marcos; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Silva, Pedro … - 2018

This paper develops a new imputation methodology applied to missing incomes values in PNAD. PNAD is the main Brazilian household survey, but it has no imputation. The imputation process starts by fitting regression models applied to different income sources considering the complex sampling...

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Differences in inequality measurement: Ghana case study

Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023

Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently … extent to which estimates of Gini coefficients from the WIID Companion are consistent with and add to the prevailing … understanding of inequality in Ghana. To this end, we review the primary source of data for the three main Gini series on Ghana …

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Comparing the poverty-reduction efficiency of targeted versus universal benefits amid crises

Shahir, Adnan; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2023

This study evaluates which type of benefit-a universal benefit, a proxy mean-tested benefit, or a categorical benefit- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by...

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Ungrouping income distributions: Synthesising samples for inequality and poverty analysis

Shorrocks, Anthony; Wan, Guanghua - 2008

counterparts, then by comparing the true and generated values of the Gini coefficient and other inequality indices. The results …

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The inequality we want: How much is too much?

Krozer, Alice - 2015

A key aspect defining the contemporary income distribution is the (increasing) share the top holds compared to the rest. This paper shows that income concentration increases towards the very top of the distribution, while the shares the middle- and upper-middle-income groups hold, remain stable...

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On a distance function-based inequality measure in the spirit of the Bonferroni and Gini Indices

Subramanian, S. - 2012

Canberra distance function leads to an inequality measure in the tradition of the Bonferroni and Gini indices of inequality …

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The long-term evolution of income inequality and poverty in China

Luo, Chuliang; Li, Shi; Sicular, Terry - 2018

By using the five waves of the China Household Income Project surveys conducted during 1988-2013, this paper investigates long-term changes in income inequality and poverty in China. Income inequality rose before 2007 and then fell by a small amount. The main reason for the rise in income...

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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice: Poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008-2017

Zizzamia, Rocco; Schotte, Simone; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2019

the dynamic study of inequality through the lens of social stratification. …

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Income distribution in Germany: Real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190

Between 1991 and 2015, the real disposable, needs-adjusted income of persons in private households in Germany rose by 15 percent on average. The majority of the population has benefited from the growth in real income, but the groups at the lower end of the income distribution have not....

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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239

The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting...

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