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poverty with respect to changes in the mean of the distribution of income, thus analytically linking the poverty measures to … key macroeconomic aggregates. Numerous insights are found in Kakwani's elasticities. However, the literature on poverty … and growth since then has revealed that the impacts of economic growth on poverty, as observed in practice, can be …
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poverty were very similar. In 2021 and 2022, however, changes in income and consumption poverty were quite different …--consumption poverty fell less than income poverty in 2021, and then income poverty rose sharply in 2022 while consumption poverty … measures appears to be saving during the pandemic followed by dissaving, even among those near the poverty line. This finding …
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Entitlement programs have become an increasing component of total government spending in the US over the last six decades. To some observers, this growth of the welfare state is excessive and unwarranted. To others, it is a welcome counter-acting force to the rapid increase in income inequality....
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La influencia del crecimiento economico sobre varios aspectos de la economia y de la sociedad constituye un tema frecuente en el trabajo de los economistas. Especialmente en la actualidad, cuando en la mayoria de los paises de America Latina estan en marcha profundas transformaciones economicas...
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El liberalismo vigente en America Latina puede inducir a confiar a la mano invisible del mercado la tarea redistributiva. En el presente articulo se intenta contribuir al acervo de conocimientos sobre el papel del estado en materia de transferencia de recursos y atencion a los pobres en Costa...
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Este articulo analiza los costos distributivos de la crisis y los ajustes de los anos ochenta, asi como los efectos de la recuperacion y del inicio de sendas de crecimiento sostenido. Para ello se basa en pares comparables de la distribucion del ingreso y en las estimaciones de pobreza de la...
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