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Economic inequality and subjective well-being across the world
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2018
We here use repeated cross-section data from the Afrobarometer, Asianbarometer Latinobarometer, and Eurobarometer to analyse the variables that are correlated with both current and future evaluations of standards of living. These are related not only to an individual's own economic resources but...
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The determinants of domestic savings in Cameroon : what role for institutions?
Tagem, Abrams Mbu Enow; Sama-Lang, Desiree - 2024
Domestic resource mobilization has rightly been placed at the centre of the 'financing for development' agenda across developing countries. While much is known about the importance of domestic taxes in contributing to this agenda, little is known about the potential importance of domestic...
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Determinants of domestic savings in Tanzania : empirical evidence
Were, Maureen; Joseph, Cornel - 2022
considerable fluctuations over time. The empirical results show that in the long run, per capita income, public saving, and the …
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Capital markets in sub-Saharan Africa
Njenga, Githinji; Machagua, Josphat; Gachanja, Samwel - 2022
Capital markets facilitate capital growth by mobilizing savings and converting them into investments, and they are therefore a stimulant of economic growth. There is evidence that countries with high savings rates tend to grow faster. Although most sub-Saharan Africa countries recognize the...
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Poverty, vulnerability, and reference dependent utility
Günther, Isabel; Maier, Johannes - 2013
In this paper we argue that the recent evidence on individuals' decision making is of high relevance for the measurement of poverty when switching from a static and certain to a dynamic and uncertain framework. The numerous proposed measures of multi-period poverty and vulnerability have until...
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Targeting social transfer programmes : comparing design and implementation errors across alternative mechanisms
Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Hurrell, Alex; Devereux, Stephen - 2014
Identifying the poorest for selection into social transfer programmes is a major challenge facing programme implementers. An innovative cash transfer programme in northern Kenya trialled three targeting mechanisms to learn lessons about which approach is most effective at minimizing inclusion...
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Impact of education on inequality across the wage distribution profile in Cameroon : 2005 - 10
Baye, Francis Menjo - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education increased monotonically. Yet incremental returns were...
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Social protection floor gaps and pandemic relief measures: a case for universalism? : exploring scalability through targeted versus universalist approaches
Oppel, Annalena - 2022
With the expansion of social protection measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, considerations both old and new have surfaced regarding targeted versus universalist approaches. This study focuses on how social protection coverage before the pandemic influences the extent of targeted versus...
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Climate justice for persons with disability : few harmed much, fewer still harmed too much
Tampubolon, Gindo - 2023
Building on Rawls' theory of justice and Sen's theory of capabilities, I present an outline of social justice under climate shocks, illustrating it with the experiences of persons with disability. Social justice holds when inequality is responded to by rules that afford more primary goods, such...
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Effects of productivity growth on domestic savings across countries : disentangling the roles of trend and cycle
Kumar, Abhishek; Mallick, Sushanta Kumar; Sen, Kunal - 2020
what determines differences in saving behaviour across countries. Using a panel of 47 economies with at least 40 years of … savings, thereby contributing to higher investment. The dynamics of such productivity shocks have been disentangled into trend … and cyclical shocks to uncover that cyclical productivity shocks tend to have a strong positive effect on saving rates …
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