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Based on their objective economic situation and comparing with their peers, individuals form perceptions of their economic position in a society. Data from the three waves of the Life in Transition surveys of European countries show that these perceptions systematically deviate from the rankings...
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Although household well-being is anchored in long-term average rates of consumption, welfare comparisons typically rely … questions. Identification stems from diary-recall differences in reports from the same household, does not require these reports … insights for interpreting and reconciling diary-recall differences in household expenditure surveys …
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Can consumption taxes reduce inequality in developing countries? This paper combines household expenditure data from 31 …
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Intra-household inequalities have long been a source of concern for policy design, but there is very little evidence … overall poverty rate, but individual poverty statuses are affected. Intra-household consumption inequalities accounts for 14 … percent of inequality in Senegal. The authors uncover the fact that household structure and organization are key correlates of …
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The Russian Federation offers the unique example of a leading centrally planned economy swiftly transforming itself into a market-oriented economy. This paper offers a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia, using multiple rounds of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring...
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54 developing countries. Tariff data on agricultural and manufacturing goods are combined with household survey data on … detailed income and expenditure patterns to estimate the first-order effects of the elimination of import tariffs on household … household expenditure on average. We find overwhelming evidence of a trade-off between the income gains (losses) and the …
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Housing is the largest durable good consumed by households. As such, any consumption-based measure of welfare, to be comprehensive, must include the value of the flow of services households derive from their dwellings, the so-called imputed rent. However, estimating imputed rents is a daunting...
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