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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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A new inequality measure that is sensitive to extreme values and asymmetries

McAleer, Michael; Ryu, Hang-keun; Slottje, Daniel Jonathan - 2017

properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent … Gini) that poorly detect the extreme values present in the underlying empirical IDF. This paper introduces a new inequality … measure to supplement, but not to replace, the Gini that measures more accurately the inherent asymmetries and extreme values …

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Combining panel data sets with attrition and refreshment samples

Hirano, Keisuke; Imbens, Guido; Ridder, Geert; Rubin, … - 1998

With panel data important issues can be resolved that can not beaddressed with cross--sectional data. A major drawback is that paneldata suffer from more severe missing data problems. Adding a sampleconsisting of new units randomly drawn from the original populationas replacements for units who...

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Measuring and explaining the limited take-up of the housing benefit in the Netherlands

Rouwendal, Jan - 2002 - This version: March 14, 2002

It is well known that the take-up rate of the Dutch housing benefit and othermeans tested benefits is substantially below 100%. In order to measure non-take up oneusually has to simulate entitlement to the benefits. In this paper we take a closer look atthe quality of the simulation. We find...

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Inequality and the impact of growth on poverty: Comparative evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa

Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2008

This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) comparatively with non-SSA, based on a global sample of 1977-2004 unbalanced panel data. For both regions and all three measures of poverty -...

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Globalization and the role of public transfers in redistributing income in Latin America and the Caribbean

Skoufias, Emmanuel; Lindert, Kathy; Shapiro, Joseph - 2009

This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty and inequality, and by their distributional...

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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: The recent Brazilian experience

Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo; Son, Hyun H. - 2009

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...

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Estimating income inequality in China using grouped data and the generalized beta distribution

Chotikapanich, Duangkamon; Prasada Rao, D. S.; Tang, Kam Ki - 2006

There are two main types of data sources of income distributions in China: household survey data and grouped data. Household survey data are typically available for isolated years and individual provinces. In comparison, aggregate or grouped data are typically available more frequently and...

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Pro-poor growth: The Asian experience

Kakwani, Nanak; Son, Hyun H. - 2006

This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro-poor growth, this study examines to what extent the poor benefit from economic growth. First, various approaches to defining and measuring pro-poor growth are scrutinized using a...

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Global inequality: Recent evidence and trends

Chotikapanich, Duangkamon; Prasada Rao, D. S.; … - 2007

This paper examines the nature and extent of global and regional income distribution and inequality using the most recent country level data on income distribution drawn from World Bank and UNU-WIDER studies for the period 1993-2000. The methodology used is a recently developed technique to fit...

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