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Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities …
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We examine the economic well-being of the elderly, using the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW). Compared to the conventional measures of income, the LIMEW is a comprehensive measure that incorporates broader definitions of income from wealth, government expenditures, and...
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The spread of value-added tax (VAT) in developing countries has been dramatic since the beginning of 1990's. Adopted by more than 130 countries, including many of the poorest, VAT has been, and remains, the key of tax reform in many developing countries. While adopting VAT, there are arguments...
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The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The losses in terms of employment and earnings are matched only by the losses in terms of real wealth. In many ways, however, these losses are merely a continuation of trends that have...
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report discusses the impact of trade reforms on employment and poverty in the Tanzanian economy. In the long-term scenarios …
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that the price shock is passed through in total to the farmers, food poverty in the rural areas could be reduced by almost … 14%. If incomes are not passed through, rural food poverty would increase quite significantly in some provinces. It is …
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