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Growth Elasticities of Poverty Reduction

Ravallion, Martin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

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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The pro-poorness, growth and inequality nexus : some findings from a simulation study

Groll, Thomas; Lambert, Peter J. - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 59 (2013) 4, pp. 776-784

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Decomposing poverty change : deciphering change in total population and beyond

Mishra, Srijit - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 61 (2015) 4, pp. 799-811

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Friends with Benefits : Social Capital and Household Financial Behavior

Cannon, Brad; Hirshleifer, David; Thornton, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Using friendship data from Facebook, we study the effects of three aspects of social capital on household financial behavior. We find that the most important measure of social capital in explaining stock market and saving participation is Economic Connectedness, defined as the fraction of one's...

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Inflation's Impact on American Households

Altig, David; Auerbach, Alan J.; Eidschun, Erin F.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The post-COVID price surge has reignited interest in inflation's impact on American households. Even if anticipated and with full market adjustments, inflation affects households through its interaction with the fiscal system, which is the focus of this paper. Inflation affects households...

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Traumatic Financial Experiences and Persistent Changes in Financial Behavior : Evidence from the Freedman's Savings Bank

Arthi, Vellore; Richardson, Gary; Van Orden, Mark - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The failure of the Freedman's Savings Bank (FSB), one of the only Black-serving banks in the early post-bellum South, was an economic catastrophe and one of the great episodes of racial exploitation in post-Emancipation history. It was also most Black Americans' first experience of banking. Can...

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Charity : Have the Rates of US Households Contributing Money or Time Declined?

Smith, Vincent Kerry - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper uses the responses to questions about charitable contributions from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) between 1992 and 2022 to consider the rates of US households contributing money or time to charitable organizations. The fraction donating $500 or more remained relatively...

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Inequality and Measured Growth

Oberfield, Ezra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Compared to a half-century ago, inequality in the United states has risen and measured productivity growth has fallen. Concerns about rising inequality have been exacerbated by the observation that prices of goods consumed by the poor have risen faster than prices of goods consumed by the rich....

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Unequal Uptake : Assessing Distributional Disparities in the Residential Solar Market

Dorsey, Jackson; Wolfson, Derek C. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We examine technology adoption and consumer welfare disparities across demographic groups using data from an online solar photovoltaic (PV) marketplace. Low-income households are 25% less likely to purchase solar through the platform and obtain 53% lower expected consumer surplus than...

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Poverty equivalent growth rate

Kakwani, Nanak; Son, Hyun H. - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 54 (2008) 4, pp. 643-655

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