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country. Examining data from India, we find that while trade liberalization is associated with reduced poverty, this effect is … to be less perfect in lagging states than in leading ones, especially in the rural sector. This suggests that poverty … of their populations in lagging regions experience greater reduction in poverty rates following trade liberalization. Our …
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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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, including AK models, poverty trap models, and the concept of convergence conditional on determinants of steady-state income. We …
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In 1974 the federal government instituted Supplemental Social Insurance(SSI). The eligible group was the elderly on welfare and disabled individuals.The program distributed extra income and made people eligible for Medicaid in all states except Arizona which did not have Medicaid. We used...
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, the poverty trap, the size of the cohort at risk, and migrant stock dynamics. It then projects the life cycle up to 2024 …
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This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
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modern technology to be used. The possibility of a poverty trap induced by high aid volatility is first examined in a …
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This essay surveys the evidence on the linkages between globalization and poverty. I focus on two measures of …
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countries on poverty and average incomes in poor countries. We find no support in the cross-country analysis for the claim that … OECD polices worsen poverty in developing countries. To better understand what might drive these results, we turn to …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467709