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Lives and Livelihoods : Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Decerf, Benoit - 2020
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826740
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Person Equivalent Headcount Measures of Poverty
Castleman, Tony - 2015
Headcount measures of poverty are by far the most common tools for evaluating poverty and gauging progress in global development goals. The headcount ratio, or the prevalence of poverty, and the headcount, or the number of the poor, both convey tangible information about poverty. But both ignore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013597
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The Development of Multidimensional Poverty in Germany 1985-2007
Busch, Christopher - 2010
This paper deals with concepts of multidimensional poverty measurement and applies them to Germany. Three concepts of poverty are examined and included into one multidimensional approach: economic well being, capability and social exclusion. The empirical application relies on indices introduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143684
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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms onIncome Distribution: A Decomposition Approach
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposingchanges in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax ….), and all other changes in the underlyingpopulation (market income inequality, demographic composition, employment level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861651
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Back to the Future : Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations
Bargain, Olivier - 2010
1998-2001 period have offset the increase in inequality that would have occurred otherwise. They also contribute to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137246
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The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefit Policies Under New Labour : A Shapley Decomposition
Bargain, Olivier - 2009
Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … distributional evaluation of policy reforms. An application to the UK (1998-2001) confirms previous findings that inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158046
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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution : A Decomposition Approach
Bargain, Olivier - 2007
counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the … (benefit amounts, tax bands, etc.), and all other changes in the underlying population (market income inequality, demographic …-benefit changes on inequality when evaluated against a distributionally-neutral benchmark, i.e., a situation where tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775691
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Learning from the 'Best' : The Impact of Tax-Benefit Systems in Africa
Bargain, Olivier - 2019
learn from each other to improve social protection and reduce inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894556
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The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Program on Schooling
Bertoni, Marco - 2019
This paper studies the effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction (HEPR) program on school enrolment, using longitudinal data that span over 15 years and a difference-in-differences research design. We find that early treatment (at age 8) increases children enrolment by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859305
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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession : An International Perspective
Bargain, Olivier - 2014
This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061934