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The poverty reduction capacity of private and public transfers in transition
Verme, Paolo - 2010
The transitional economies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) have enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth and poverty … households. The paper assesses the relative importance of these transfers for welfare and poverty in Moldova, the poorest country … effective in improving welfare and reducing poverty whereas social assistance transfers have little or no effect. Social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335984
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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve
Verme, Paolo - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 365-373
The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562903
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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve
Verme, Paolo - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 365-373
The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629397
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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve
Verme, Paolo - 2010
The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148313
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Relative Deprivation with Imperfect Information
Verme, Paolo; Izem, Rima - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2008) 7, pp. 1-9
The paper proposes an alternative index of relative deprivation which allows for selection of the reference group and imperfect information, two central elements of modern theories of social justice. An application to real data and a simulation on artificial data illustrate the use and some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005416881
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Relative Deprivation with Imperfect Information
Verme, Paolo; Izem, Rima - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2008) 7, pp. 1-9
The paper proposes an alternative index of relative deprivation which allows for selection of the reference group and imperfect information, two central elements of modern theories of social justice. An application to real data and a simulation on artificial data illustrate the use and some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629515
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Two Classes of Generalized Deprivation Indexes
Verme, Paolo - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 2021-2029
The paper uses two particular formulations of the Gini index to derive two different relative deprivation measures. We then generalize the formulation of these measures following Donaldson and Weymark (1980) and Berrebi and Silber (1985) and show how these generalizations can be considered as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149964
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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a "culture of evasion" damages state authority. Many evade tax payments, limiting the state's economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028603
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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017
. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of decentralization in taxation decisions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028604
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Decentralizing aid with interested parties
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006
This paper analyzes the decentralization of decision-making in aid-giving in a theoretical rent-seeking framework. In …, fashionable aid procedures will lead to the development of a poverty trap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266336