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. …

This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a … bargaining model estimation framework that allows one to identify the allocation of resources across adult and children males and … between men and women, but that there is no gender bias among children. We also find that children are least poor members of …

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are … heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …

explore the case of Peru, a mining-rich middle income country where -exploiting a unique data set constructed for this purpose … of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental …

finds that the main factor contributing to poverty reduction has been individuals' changes in labor earnings, and the role … of these changes has been less important in reducing income inequality. The main driving force of reduced income … constraining the period's remarkable progress in poverty reduction and expansion of the middle class. …

In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing … income inequality, and poverty across U.S. states. Finally, we exploit both time series and cross sectional variation in the … data. We find robust evidence that an increase in corruption increases income inequality and poverty. -- Corruption …

Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this … that also affects the rising middle-class. More specifically, we find that 65% of those with daily income between $4 and 10 …, and 14% of those in the middle-class, experience poverty at least once over a ten-year period. Furthermore, chronic …

The analysis and measurement of poverty is a crucial and unsolved issue in the field of social science. This work aims … to measure poverty as a multidimensional notion using a new composite indicator. However, subjective choices as different … model of poverty we have identified, considering various factors as weightings. Methodologically speaking, it is proposed an …