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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688796
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Remittances and inequality : a dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frédéric (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001769060
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Distributional effects of competition: a simulation approach
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021
points in the poverty headcount as well as a decline of 0.32 points in the Gini coefficient. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418634
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Tony Atkinson and his legacy
Brandolini, Andrea; Jenkins, Stephen; Micklewright, John - 2017
Tony Atkinson is universally celebrated for his outstanding contributions to the measurement and analysis of inequality, but he never saw the study of inequality as a separate branch of economics. He was an economist in the classical sense, rejecting any sub-field labelling of his interests and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703653
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Inequality and trade policy : pro-poor bias of contemporary trade restrictions
Ural Marchand, Beyza - 2019
This paper studies the pro-poor bias of contemporary trade policy in India by estimating the household welfare effects of eliminating the current protection structure. The elimination of a pro-poor trade policy is expected to have lower welfare gains or higher welfare loss at the low end of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988644
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Differences across countries and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020
economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213964
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Opportunity-sensitive poverty measurement
Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Ana Lugo, Maria - 2013
We axiomatically characterize two classes of poverty measures which are sensitive to inequality of opportunity - one a … strict subset of the other. The proposed indices are sensitive not only to income shortfalls from the poverty line, but also …-dependent aggregation of type-specific poverty levels, is also introduced. Using household survey data from eighteen European countries in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226762
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Households in transit : COVID-19 and the changing measurement of welfare
Caron, Laura; Tiongson, Erwin R. - 2022
methods of measuring household welfare (and, accordingly, poverty and inequality) based on expenditures have not considered … aggregates. We use Georgia as a case study to compare these methods and assess impacts on poverty and inequality. The proportion … transportation costs can result in up to a 40% reduction in the measured poverty rate among remote-working households. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013431352
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Equal opportunity through higher education : theory and evidence on privilege and ability
Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Tobol, Yossi - 2017
We model a higher education system that admits students according to their admission signal (e.g., matriculation GPA, SAT), which is, in turn, affected by their cognitive ability and socioeconomic background. We show that subsidizing education loans increases neither human capital stock nor...
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How should capital be taxed? : theory and evidence from Sweden
Bastani, Spencer; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the Swedish experience. We synthesize the existing theoretical literature, present facts about the capital stock and its distribution, review current capital tax practices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845732