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Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies
Commander, Simon John - 2015
It is widely accepted that the costs of under-pricing energy are large, whether in advanced or developing countries. This paper explores how large these costs can be by focussing on the size of the external effects that energy subsidies in particular generate in two important sectors –...
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Having it All, for All : Child-Care Subsidies and Income Distribution Reconciled
Barigozzi, Francesca - 2019
optimal uniform subsidy is lower than the "Pigouvian" level. Conversely, under a non-linear policy the first-best "Pigouvian …" rule for the (marginal) subsidy on informal care is reestablished. While the share of high career mothers continues to be …
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Cities, Towns, and Poverty : Migration Equilibrium and Income Distribution in a Todaro-Type Model with Multiple Destinations
Christiaensen, Luc - 2017
Should public investment be targeted to big cities or to small towns, if the objective is to minimize national poverty? To answer this policy question we extend the basic Todaro-type model of rural-urban migration to the case of migration from rural areas to two potential destinations, secondary...
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Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017
The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10 percentile ratio falling by almost 40 percent. Although the conventional explanation of a falling...
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Inequality and Trade Policy : Pro-Poor Bias of Contemporary Trade Restrictions
Ural Marchand, Beyza P. - 2019
This paper studies the pro-poor bias of contemporary trade policy in India by estimating the household welfare effects of eliminating the current protection structure. The elimination of a pro-poor trade policy is expected to have lower welfare gains or higher welfare loss at the low end of the...
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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...
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Access to Imported Intermediates and Intra-Firm Wage Inequality
Ge, Ying - 2019
We use Chinese firm-level data from the World Bank Investment Climate Survey to examine the link between importing intermediates and intra-firm wage inequality. Our results show that intermediate input importers not only have a significant wage premium but also have a greater intra-firm wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870213
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Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria
Bang, James T. - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing …
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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria : A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2023
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and … research. First, we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then explore how changes in …
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The Geographic Accessibility of Child Care Subsidies and Evidence on the Impact of Subsidy Receipt on Childhood Obesity
Herbst, Chris M. - 2011
receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location … families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest office that administers the subsidy application process. Using … in the distance to a public human services agency reduces the likelihood that a family receives a child care subsidy …
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