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In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing …, we use all commonly used inequality and poverty measures including various Atkinson indexes, Gini index, standard … deviation of the logarithms, relative mean deviation, coefficient of variation, and the poverty rate defined by the U.S. Census …
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In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
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In this paper we aim to disentangle how sectoral economic growth affects the size of the middle class, using state-level data of Bolivia from 2000 to 2017 and breaking the three main economic activities into subsectors to attain more-specific results. Because the data from Bolivia are limited,...
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This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....
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This paper combines development accounting exercises with economic theory to assess the importance of total factor … successful development benchmarks are explained by subpar productivity gains rather than slower factor accumulation. The … empirical analysis of the interplay between productivity and accumulation in the process of development suggests that one …
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harmonise the national development priorities with international efforts and a number of policies, strategies, programmes … in achieving inclusive growth and sustainable development vis-a-vis 17 selected developed and developing countries …
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