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Global High-Resolution Estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index Using Satellite Imagery and Machine-learning
Sherman, Luke; Proctor, Jonathan; Druckenmiller, Hannah; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) is arguably the most widely used alternative to gross domestic product for measuring national development. This is in large part due to its multidimensional nature, as it incorporates not only income, but also education and health. However, the...
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Bargaining over Taxes and Entitlements in the Era of Unequal Growth
Azzimonti, Marina; Karpuska, Laura; Mihalache, Gabriel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
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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Hacia nuevas políticas sociales en América Latina : crecimiento, clases medias y derechos sociales
Solimano, Andrés - In: Revista CEPAL (2005) 87, pp. 45-60
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Finance, inequality, and poverty : cross-country evidence
Beck, Thorsten - 2004
development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we … and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the … poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse …
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Comercio internacional y probreza mundial
Guadagni, Alieto A.; Kaufmann, Jorge - In: Revista CEPAL (2004), pp. 83-97
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El estado y la pobreza en Costa Rica
Taylor-Dormond, Marvin - In: Revista CEPAL (1991), pp. 133-150
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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Crecimiento, justicia distributiva y política social
Solimano, Andrés - In: Revista CEPAL (1998), pp. 31-44
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Distribucion del ingreso, pobreza y gasto social en America Latina
Ocampo Gaviria, José Antonio - In: Revista CEPAL (1998), pp. 7-14
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Naturaleza y selectividad de la política social
Sojo, Ana - In: Revista CEPAL (1990), pp. 183-199
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What has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure
Schoeni, Robert F. - 2000
, including welfare participation, labor market involvement, earnings, income and poverty, and family formation. While no single … family earnings. The result was a rise in total family income and a decline in poverty. The gains from the 1996 reforms were …
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