Showing 1 - 10 of 1,365
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303065
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008772371
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012792929
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712949
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314595
poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286683
forest cover change and alleviate poverty. We examine protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon using high-resolution satellite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289495
We estimate the effect of the introduction of the UK’s National Living Wage in 2016, and increases in it up to 2019, using a new empirical method. We apply a bunching approach to a setting with no geographical variation in minimum wage rates. We effectively compare employment changes in each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802873
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703146
to data from 12 countries, and investigate resource shares, gender gaps, and poverty at the individual level. We reject … equal sharing, and find large gender gaps in resource shares, and consequently in poverty rates, in some countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583605