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Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016
The main objective of this paper is to provide an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of … poverty is not too large, its dispersion across households - due to their heterogeneity of factor endowments, inputs use … enlarging its own liberalization to countries other than the United States to boost trade-induced poverty reductions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748074
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Does Job Polarization Explain the Rise in Earnings Inequality? Evidence from Europe
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2018
Earnings inequality and job polarization have increased significantly in several countries since the early 1990s. Using data from European countries covering a 20-year period, this paper provides new evidence that the decline of middle-skilled occupations and the simultaneous increase of high-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907421
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Inequality and Welfare Dynamics in the Russian Federation During 1994-2015
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2018
The Russian Federation offers the unique example of a leading centrally planned economy swiftly transforming itself into a market-oriented economy. This paper offers a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia, using multiple rounds of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908752
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Long-Term Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2019
The main goal of this paper is to document and analyze the long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity and thus extend the recent empirical literature, which is mainly concerned with its measurement at a specific point in time. Using repeated cross-section surveys for five European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894829
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I Perceive Therefore I Demand : The Formation of Inequality Perceptions and Demand for Redistribution
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2019
This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865453
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Distributional Effects of the Panama Canal Expansion
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2017
eradicate extreme poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975692
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Is the Developing World Catching Up? Global Convergence and National Rising Dispersion
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2017
The present study uses the GIDD, a CGE-microsimulation model for Global Income Distribution Dynamics, to understand the ex-ante dynamics of global income distribution. Three main robust results emerge. First, under a set of realistic assumptions, there will be a reduction in global income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746757
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The Long-Awaited Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America is Finally Happening
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2017
In many developing countries, the supply of skilled workers is likely to continue to be stronger than demand, and this should drive down the skill premium and reduce inequality. Within the limitations of any exercise based on simulations, this paper finds that the recently observed reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966025
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Do Remittances Have a Flip Side? A General Equilibrium Analysis of Remittances, Labor Supply Responses, and Policy Options for Jamaica
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016
Econometric analysis has established a negative relationship between labor supply and remittances in Jamaica. The … remittance inflows. In this model, remittances reduce labor force participation by increasing the reservation wages of recipients … negative effects of remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747833
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Design of a Multi-Stage Stratified Sample for Poverty and Welfare Monitoring with Multiple Objectives : A Bangladesh Case Study
Ahmed, Faizuddin - 2017
Survey 2016/17. This survey instrument will be used by the Government of Bangladesh to estimate reliable poverty and welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961223