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Exploring the quality of income data in two African household surveys for the purpose of tax-benefit microsimulation modelling : imputing employment income in Tanzania and Zambia

McLennan, David; Noble, Michael; Wright, Gemma Clare; … - 2021

The quality of data on employment income is explored using Tanzanian and Zambian household survey datasets. The extent … of missing and implausible income data is assessed and four different methods are applied to impute missing or …

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Poverty and ethnicity among black South Africans

Gradín, Carlos - 2014

This paper investigates inequalities across the major black ethnic groups in South Africa, accounting for 80 per cent of the country's population. We demonstrate that there is an important ethnic gap in the poverty levels of the Xhosa and the Zulu with respect to the Sotho/Tswana. We also show...

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Subjective Well-being, Income, and Ethnicity in Slovakia

Želinský, Tomáš - 2021

well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis … that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income … group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the …

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Differences in inequality measurement : Ghana case study

Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023

Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently used in Ghana, have become useful in providing quantitative measures of welfare distribution that enable a better understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these...

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Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013

Mahrt, Kristi; Nanivazo, Malokele - 2015

After years of economic decline, conflict, and instability, the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved rapid economic growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty. This paper evaluates the extent to which recent growth has been accompanied by improvements in...

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Multidimensional poverty of children in Mozambique

Mahrt, Kristi; Rossi, Andrea; Salvucci, Vincenzo; Tarp, Finn - 2018

We analyse the multidimensional wellbeing of children aged 0-17 in Mozambique and find that 46.3 per cent can be considered multidimensionally poor. A substantial divide exists between urban and rural areas and between northern and southern provinces. We compare Mozambican children's wellbeing...

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Unemployment insurance and income protection in Ecuador

Jara, Xavier - 2018

simulate entitlement to the unemployment insurance benefit and calculate its effect on household disposable income in case … still rests on market income from other household members. Unemployment insurance would reduce the risk of falling into … poverty in case of unemployment and would increase household income stabilization, although to a limited extent. Due to the …

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Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana

Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2015

This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …

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The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...

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On data and trends in horizontal inequality

Canelas, Carla - 2022

Economic, social, and political inequalities are at the forefront of today's public debate. While governments around the world have made conscious efforts to promote social inclusion, and major progress in fulfilling basic needs has been witnessed during the last decades, certain groups of...

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