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process in every society is determined not only by equivalent income, but also by socioeconomic characteristics of the … household. Micro-data of the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure (ENIGH) is used, so that household disposable … equivalent income is related to the attributes of the household head. Once the social groups are quantified, an ordered probit …
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distribution of income. This paper looks back into the origin of affirmative action; from the executive orders of President Kennedy …
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This study provides empirical evidence on the impact of a minimum wage increase on employment, wages, and expenditures … minimum wage increase reduced employment of low-wage workers in the formal sector. However, workers who lost formal sector …
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demand over income and employment. The results highlight the main differences among the productive structures of the regions …
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months as compared to employment in the busiest months. Thus a link is established between income insecurity and job … income insecurity to the proliferation of informal enterprise through job insecurity in selected SSA countries. The study …, Kenya and the DRC. The analyses suggested that income insecurity exist in the form of significant seasonal variations in …
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This report surveys a dozen international comparative studies of poverty, income distribution and the elderly in OECD … fare? What is the mix between public and private sources of income? Do the elderly poor remain poor? There is also a …
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We often present data bank building (output-data calculation) as an only quantitative work. We think that economist should consider the context where his input-data were built, before to use them in his own data bank (we suggest to make an institutional and a bibliometric analysis of the...
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in indirect taxes,adjusting the exchange rate and sliding down of subsidies, on employment, income distribution, per … affected employment, income distribution and inflation adversely. The second policy instrument of imposition of indirect tax … negatively affected the employment, income distribution, per capita income and positively affected the inflation. The third …
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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of … capital have a disequalizing relationship with income distribution. This study also indicates that economic growth has a … significantly equalizing link with income distribution. In addition, the current level of inequality and growth is positively …
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