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spending, financial access, privatization, and urbanization. In addition, excess liquidity may have exacerbated inequality in …This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China …. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China’s investment and export …
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We document the evolution of poverty and inequality across Indian states during the recent period of rapid growth (2004 …
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findings indicate that increases in national income have a significant moderating effect on income inequality: a one percent … could help reduce income inequality. …
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Despite the rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Asia worsened during last two decades. We focus …, reduce unemployment and increase productivity are important determinants of inclusive growth. The main policy implication of …
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outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased …
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dynamic measure permits us to focus on inequality as well as distinguish between countries where per capita income growth was …
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, and study the effects on growth and inequality of efforts to remove these frictions. The study finds that lowering … contraints on collateral promises higher growth while inequality is better tackled through measures that lower the financial …
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inflation, unemployment, government deficit, and GDP growth into a single indicator. In contrast to other indexes, the EPI does …
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This paper analyzes the decision of a government facing electoral uncertainty to implement structural reforms in the presence of fiscal restraints similar to the Stability and Growth Pact. The model shows that a pact may harm structural reforms, sacrificing future growth for present stability....
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During the transition process, many existing social sector institutions and policies were significantly eroded and their underlying character changed. As a result, they often do not redistribute to the poorest, nor generally serve the role of facilitating economic change. Social sector reforms...
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