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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India
Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255
We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.
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The absence of deprivation as a measure of social well-being: An empirical investigation
Magdalou, Brice; Moyes, Patrick - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 1, pp. 75-79
The generalised Lorenz criterion is widely used for making welfare comparisons within and across countries on the basis of their income distributions. Experimental studies have challenged this way of proceeding by showing that the principle of transfers, which underlies the generalised Lorenz...
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Is income inequality persistent? Evidence using panel stationarity tests, 1870–2011
Islam, Md. Rabiul; Madsen, Jakob B. - In: Economics Letters 127 (2015) C, pp. 17-19
Using data on inequality for 21 OECD countries over the period 1870–2011 this paper tests the Piketty hypothesis that income inequality is likely to grow in the 21st century. It is shown that the null hypothesis of trend stationarity of inequality cannot be rejected at conventional...
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The impact of mobile phone penetration on African inequality
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
’-oriented poverty reduction channels are discussed. Originality/value – It deviates from mainstream country-specific and microeconomic …
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How do institutions matter in the income-equalizing effect of mobile phone penetration?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
-specific and microeconomic survey-based approaches is on 52 African countries. ‘Mobile phone’-oriented poverty reduction channels …
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How do financial reforms affect inequality through financial sector competition? Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...
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Investment and Inequality in Africa: which financial channels are good for the poor?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial intermediary dynamics. With the exception of financial allocation efficiency, financial channels of depth and activity are good for the poor as they diminish estimated household...
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Finance and Inequality: Exploring Pro-Poor Investment Channels in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
poverty should take account of the disequalizing income-effect of foreign investment in undeveloped countries. …
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Inequality, poverty and quality of institutions: which freedom channels of globalization matter for Africa?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure … (poverty). Hence, economic freedom does not stop the wealthy from growing wealthier, but at the same time provides for … conditions that mitigate poverty. The findings broadly show that, despite the substantially documented negative incidences of …
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New financial development indicators: with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
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