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Public wash programs, long-run child development, and intergenerational mobility : new evidence from rural People's Republic of China
Wang, Dongqin; Zou, Eddy Weijian - 2023
Using individual-level longitudinal data from 1989 to 2015, we examine the long-run effects of nationwide water plant construction and household-level toilet subsidy programs in rural People's Republic of China (PRC) on children's education, health, and nutrition. We exploit the differential...
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Income polarization in the People's Republic of China : trends and changes
Wan, Guanghua; Wang, Chen - 2015
This paper estimates income polarization in the People'http://www.adb.org/publications/income-polarization-prc-trends-changess Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 2010 and decomposes the estimated polarization by population subgroup. In addition, a framework is proposed to disentangle a change...
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Rising inequality in Asia and policy implications
Zhuang, Juzhong; Kanbur, Ravi; Rhee, Changyong - 2014
This paper looks at the recent trends of rising inequality in developing Asia, asks why inequality matters, examines the driving forces of rising inequality, and proposes policy options for tackling high and rising inequality. Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010245335
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Structural change and income distribution : accounting for regional inequality in the People's Republic of China and its changes during 1952 - 2012
Wan, Guanghua; Wang, Chen; Zhang, Xun - 2016
This study explores the relationship between inequality and structural transformation by constructing a theoretical model, developing analytical frameworks, and implementing a case study. The general equilibrium model we develop demonstrates that inequality exhibits an inverted U shape as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561721
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A poverty line contingent on reference groups : implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries
Chakravarty, Satya R.; Chattopadhyay, Nachiketa; … - 2016
This paper estimates the number of poor in various countries in Asia by applying an "amalgam poverty line", which is a weighted average of an absolute poverty line (such as $1.25 per day or $1.45 per day) and a reference income (such as the mean or the median income). The number of poor is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561733
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The sources of income inequality in Indonesia : a regression-based inequality decomposition
Wicaksono, Eko; Amir, Hidayat; Nugroho, Anda - 2017
decomposition framework. The results show that education, wealth, as well as the employment sector are significant contributors to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610559
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Two decades of structural transformation and dynamics of income equality in indonesia
Dartanto, Teguh; Zheng Wen Yuan, Edith; Sofiyandi, Yusuf - 2017
Successful reductions in poverty, resulting from substantial increases in income and structural transformation, have been associated with growing levels of income inequality. This paper explores the link between structural transformation and inequality in Indonesia by applying Theil’s L...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757612
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Intragenerational and intergenerational mobility in Viet Nam
Nguyen Tran Lam; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2017
This study examines intragenerational and intergenerational mobility of employment and income in Viet Nam during 2004-2008 and 2010-2014. It finds rather high mobility across income quintiles. There was high mobility of individuals by occupational skills but less mobility by employment status...
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How precious is the reliability of the residential electricity service in developing economies? : evidence from India
Perera, Pradeep; Sarker, Tapan; Nazmul Islam, K. M.; … - 2021
This paper aims to examine the challenges of expanding access to an affordable electricity supply for rural households by addressing the subsidies and cost recovery of the existing tariff policy in the context of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. The study used household survey data to assess the...
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Socioeconomic impacts of cross-border transport infrastructure development in South Asia
Gilbert, John P.; Banik, Nilanjan - 2010
, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. This paper uses computable general equilibrium (CGE) methods to address how these infrastructure … describes a new CGE model for South Asia, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, which incorporates … accruing to India in absolute terms, but the largest relative gains to Nepal, followed by Bangladesh and Sri Lanka when the …
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