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Inequality of opportunity during the great recession in Uganda
Brunori, Paolo; Palmisanoy, Flaviana; Peraginez, Vito - 2015
and infer the role of growth in the evolution of inequality of opportunity over time. We show that despite a reduction in … the real value of the household consumption and a surge in outcome inequality between 2009/10 and 2010/11, the consumption … dynamic appears to alleviate inequality of opportunity in Uganda. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496811
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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Inequality by population groups and income sources : accounting for inequality changes in Spain during the recession
Gradín, Carlos - 2019
I discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I … element indicating the marginal change in the inequality contribution of a group (as measured by the recentered influence … function) when an income source is added and with all contributions adding up to overall inequality. The approach can be used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122687
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Inequality, ethnicity, and social cohesion
McDoom, Omar - 2017
How do changes in socio-economic inequality between ethnic groups affect interethnic ties in a divided society? I … principal findings. First, as inequality between ethnic groups increases, the prospects of interethnic marriages decline. Status … inequality in multiethnic societies may facilitate ethnic integration. Second, the effect of ethnic inequality is not uniform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011775880
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Is it all about the tails? The Palma measure of income inequality
Cobham, Alex; Sumner, Andrew - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013
inequality for policymakers and citizens to track. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878121
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Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition
Ceriani, Lidia; Verme, Paolo - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2014
The paper defines the Gini index as the sum of individual contributions where individual contributions are interpreted as the degree of diversity of each individual from all other members of society. Among various possible forms of individual contributions to the Gini found in the literature, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878125
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Comparing the incidence of taxes and social spending in Brazil and the United States
Higgins, Sean; Lustig, Nora; Ruble, Whitney; Smeeding, … - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013
We perform the first comprehensive fiscal incidence analyses in Brazil and the US, including direct cash and food transfers, targeted housing and heating subsidies, public spending on education and health, and personal income, payroll, corporate income, property, and expenditure taxes. In both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878134
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Polarization, inequality and growth: The Indian experience
Motiram, Sripad; Sarma, Nayantara - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011
disparities. Comparing polarization and inequality, we find similarities, but also some differences. Our results therefore … underscore the importance of studying polarization as distinct from traditional inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366278
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Inequality, growth and public spending in Central, East and Southeast Europe
Holzner, Mario - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011
The article analyses the joint determinants of inequality and growth with a special emphasis on public spending … inequality and growth, as more generally government expenditures seem to act counter-cyclically and inequality reducing. Also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366281
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Tax policy and income inequality in the U.S., 1978—2009: A decomposition approach
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011
We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274354