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The evolution of inequality of opportunity in Germany: A machine learning approach
Brunori, Paolo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2020
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP theory can be …
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Pobreza Multidimensional Relativa. Una Aplicación a la Argentina
Conconi, Adriana; Ham, Andres - 2007
La pobreza multidimensional es un tópico que ha recibido gradualmente mayor atención dentro la literatura distributiva. Esta disciplina ampliada cuenta con escasa investigación en América Latina y el Caribe. El propósito exploratorio de este trabajo consiste en definir operativamente el...
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Una Aproximación Antropométrica a la Medición de la Pobreza
Lopez-Pablos, Rodrigo - 2009
with Sen's and Gini's anthropometric indexes to appraise inequality in families undergoing children's malnutrition. Having …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429292
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The Effect of Conditional Cash Transfers on Educational Opportunities - Experimental Evidence from Latin America
Ham, Andrés - 2010
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) provide income to the poor in an effort to improve current welfare and promote investment in human and social capital to prevent future deprivation. So far, the impact evaluation literature has focused on estimating current effects on outcomes such as school...
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Remesas y Migración Internacional en América Latina: Simulación de los Efectos en la Pobreza y la Desigualdad
Battistón, Diego - 2010
Este trabajo realiza un estudio comparativo del impacto de las remesas y la migración internacional sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en cuatro países latinoamericanos con importantes procesos migratorios (Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras y Nicaragua). A partir de encuestas de hogares se estiman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429322
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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality: Lessons from Latin America
Neidhöfer, Guido - 2015
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of … economic growth and public education is evaluated: both have a positive, significant, and substantial effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646661
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Growth and Income Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Household Surveys
Gasparini, Leonardo; Gutiérrez, Federico; Tornarolli, … - 2005
This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by … economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns of growth and poverty changes. Most countries in the region have had a … growth have been rare in Latin America in the last 15 years. …
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Bienestar subjetivo y crecimiento económico: analizando la paradoja del crecimiento infeliz en la Encuesta Mundial Gallup
Gluzmann, Pablo - 2013
The "unhappy growth paradox" found by Deaton (2008) and Lora and Chaparro (2008) on the Gallup World Poll (GWP) 2006 is … alternatively inequality indicators and the change in subjective well-being in the cross-country analysis. The first exercise shows … that inequality cannot explain the paradox. The second exercise shows that the results in the GWP 2006 return to be …
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Jobs' amenability to working from home: Evidence from skills surveys for 53 countries
Hatayama, Maho; Viollaz, Mariana; Winkler, Hernan - 2020
The spread of COVID-19 and implementation of "social distancing" policies around the world have raised the question of how many jobs can be done at home. This paper uses skills surveys from 53 countries at varying levels of economic development to estimate jobs' amenability to working from home....
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Social mobility and economic development: Evidence from a panel of Latin American regions
Neidhöfer, Guido; Ciaschi, Matías; Gasparini, Leonardo; … - 2021
We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development by constructing a panel data set that includes measures of intergenerational mobility of education at the sub-national level in Latin America. First, we map the geography of educational mobility for 52 Latin American...
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