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Global Poverty Goals and Prices : How Purchasing Power Parity Matters
Jolliffe, Dean - 2015
With the recent release of the 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) data from the International Comparison Program (ICP … previous round of PPP data from 2005 led to a large increase in the estimated number of poor in the world. The 2011 price data … world.This paper presents evidence that if the global poverty line is updated with the 2011 PPP data based on the same set …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021955
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An Innovation Index Based on Knowledge Capital Investment : Definition and Results for the UK Market Sector
Clayton, Tony - 2009
We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we could get more GDP without innovation by simply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764658
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A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being
Song, Younghwan - 2015
Using data drawn from the 2010 American Time Use Survey Well-Being Module, this study examines the relationship between three measures of subjective well-being based on time-use data and an objective measure of well-being. Whereas the measures of affect – net affect and the U-index – are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014008
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Unemployment Insurance Generosity : A Trans-Atlantic Comparison
Pallage, Stephane; Scruggs, Lyle A.; Zimmermann, Christian - 2021
The goal of this paper is to establish if unemployment insurance policies are more generous in Europe than in the United States, and by how much. We take the examples of France and one particular American state, Ohio, and use the methodology of Pallage, Scruggs and Zimmermann (2008) to find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324731
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Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity
Pallage, Stephane; Scruggs, Lyle A.; Zimmermann, Christian - 2021
In this paper, we develop a methodology to summarize the various policy parameters of an unemployment insurance scheme into a single generosity parameter. Unemployment insurance policies are multdimensional objects. They are typically defined by waiting periods, eligibility duration, benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324747
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The Measurement of Educational Inequality : Achievement and Opportunity
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2011
consideration of two measurement issues that have typically been overlooked in the literature: the implications of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117624
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Tony Atkinson's New Book, Measuring Poverty Around the World : Some Further Reflections
Brandolini, Andrea - 2020
parallel developments in the World Bank's measurement of global poverty that were stimulated by the report of the Commission on … pages. It remains unfinished yet it is a masterly guide to the nuances of poverty measurement and an invaluable source for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843181
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Structural Reforms, Growth and Inequality : an Overview of Theory, Measurement and Evidence
Campos, Nauro F. - 2017
takes stock of theoretical developments, measurement efforts and of the econometric evidence. We start with a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942092
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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012 : Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2015
Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank's twin goals, the new poverty line was chosen so as to preserve the definition … line equals $1.90 per person per day. The higher value of the line in US dollars reflects the fact that the new PPPs yield … the global count, we find 12.7 percent of the world's population, or 897 million people, are living in extreme poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012824
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What Do Field Experiments of Discrimination in Markets Tell Us? A Meta Analysis of Studies Conducted Since 2000
Rich, Judith - 2014
Sixty-seven field experiments of discrimination in markets conducted since 2000 across seventeen countries were surveyed. Significant and persistent discrimination was found on all bases in all markets. High levels of discrimination were recorded against ethnic groups, older workers, men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044710