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In this study, we embark on measuring inequality in Iran. We compute three measures of group-based inequality (Group-weighted Coefficient of Variation, Group-weighted Gini, and Group-weighted Theil) for the following outcomes: education, assets, income, and expenditure per capita. The groups are...
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depends on the current wealth level and its variations experienced in the past. The first component plays the role of a buffer …. -- insecurity ; wealth streams ; economic index numbers …
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and mapping indicators of horizontal wealth inequality along geographic regions and ethnolinguistic identities. Using … average household wealth indicators, there is a strong suggestion of increasing group inequalities between 1997 and 2017 …, the differences in average wealth between groups, if perceived, may feed grievances. They should be better understood so …
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We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge that suggest a widening gap between...
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Lesotho is a small Southern African country that has introduced two national cash transfer programmes, the Old Age Pension and the Child Grant Programme. Although Lesotho has followed what has been called the 'Southern African model', the introduction of the Old Age Pension was not the result of...
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This study aims to examine the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of … according to health indicator and geographic region. Specifically, geographic location, parents’ education, and parental wealth …
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members from the recent Young Lives longitudinal study in Andhra Pradesh, India. Three-level random intercept logistic …
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I evaluate the impact of the right to education from the passing of the Right to Education Act in India in 2009. This … Act guaranteed free education to children aged 6-14 years, including children with disabilities. Given that the school … cent increase in schooling among children with disabilities within three years. The estimate is driven by enrolment across …
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proportion of children studying in a school with a principal by 0.1, and increased the number of teachers in a village by 0.7. I …
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We conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect allocations in a modified dictator game where both parties perform a cognitive task and the resulting pie to be split is the sum of both parties' earnings. Our key results are...
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