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Spatial Income Inequality in India, 1993-2011: A District Level Decomposition
Azam, Mehtabul; Bhatt, Vipul - 2016
role of individual and geographical factors in determining the level and the change in income inequality in India. We find … that between-state income differences account for the majority of between-district income inequality in rural India in 2011 …. However, in urban India within-state income differences explain most of the between- district inequality in 2011. We also find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479410
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Improving Women's Mental Health during a Pandemic
Vlassopoulos, Michael; Siddique, Abu; Rahman, Tabassum; … - 2021
In low-income settings, women are vulnerable to the psychological distress caused by the social and economic impact of large-scale shocks (e.g., pandemics, natural disasters, political). This paper evaluates a randomized over-the-phone counseling intervention aimed at mitigating the mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882362
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Health and income: a robust comparison of Canada and the US
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Échevin, Damien - 2009
This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the first application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269622
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Health and Income: A Robust Comparison of Canada and the US
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Échevin, Damien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the first application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555365
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Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries
Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822097
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The impact of tax and transfer systems on children in the European Union
Corak, Miles; Lietz, Christine; Sutherland, Holly - 2005
The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on the economic resources available to children, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal analysis in the European Union, EUROMOD, is used to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267303
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles - 2005
This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267535
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Child poverty and changes in child poverty in rich countries since 1990
Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - 2005
This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272015
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Intergenerational earnings mobility among the children of Canadian immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - 2006
We analyze the intergenerational income mobility of Canadians born to immigrants using the 2001 Census. A detailed portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants from 70 countries. The degree of persistence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272017
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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze the intergenerational income mobility of Canadians born to immigrants using the 2001 Census. A detailed portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants from 70 countries. The degree of persistence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566617