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Decomposition of the changes in household disposable income distribution in China
Gong, Chen; Sologon, Denisa M.; Nimeh, Zina; … - 2023
Studies have shown that the previously growing inequality in China has stabilized and even declined since 2008 (Kanbur et al., 2021), nevertheless, the drivers of the latest trans-formation in income inequality remain to be unraveled. We address this research gap by examining the changes in the...
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Person equivalent headcount measures of poverty
Castleman, Tony; Foster, James E.; Smith, Stephen C. - 2015
Headcount measures of poverty are by far the most common tools for evaluating poverty and gauging progress in global development goals. The headcount ratio, or the prevalence of poverty, and the headcount, or the number of the poor, both convey tangible information about poverty. But both ignore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347195
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A survey of the role of fiscal policy in addressing income inequality, poverty reduction and inclusive growth
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk - 2014
A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...
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Migration and globalization : what's in it for developing countries?
Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518125
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The impact of globalization and technology transfer on manufacturing employment and skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
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Innovation, inequality and a golden rule for growth in an economy with Cobb-Douglas function and an R&D sector
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2015
capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
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Dynamics of first-time patenting firms
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid - 2022
supports innovation activities, especially early in the life cycle of firms. …
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The global inequality boomerang
Kanbur, Ravi; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; Sumner, Andrew - 2022
In this paper we argue that the decline in global inequality over the last decades has spurred a 'sunshine' narrative of falling global inequality that has been rather oversold, in the sense, we argue, it is likely to be temporary. We argue the decline in global inequality will reverse due to...
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Structural change and innovation as exit strategies from the middle income trap
Vivarelli, Marco - 2014
and innovation, trying to map - using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature - the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …
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Integrated macroeconomic production function for open economies : a new Schumpeterian Solow model for globalization
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2016
investment or international technology spillovers. This study is a major contribution to innovation, trade, FDI and growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452235