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What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
Calvo‐González, Oscar - 2020
detailed individual-level information from household surveys of several countries in the region. The paper widens an ongoing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837585
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Macroeconomic and Policy Implications of Population Aging in Brazil
Jorgensen, Ole Hagen - 2017
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic implications of population aging in Brazil. Three alternative yet complementary methodologies are adopted, and depending on policy responses to the fiscal implications of aging, there are two main findings: First, saving rates could increase and not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976226
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The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
Mansour, Wael - 2017
Jordan's economic growth in the past decade has translated into a significant rise in household consumption and a … disparities. Using official household expenditure surveys for 2002, 2008, and 2010, this paper analyzes the patterns and … determinants of household welfare growth and examines the extent to which economic growth has been inclusive of the more vulnerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974867
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Combining Growth and Gender Diagnostics for the Benefit of Both
Ianchovichina, Elena - 2019
Women's economic empowerment is not a new issue; nevertheless, it continues to challenge governments and development assistance agencies. One of the reasons for this hurdle may well be that gender advocates and growth devotees are speaking different languages when there is a huge space for them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871009
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On Gender and Growth : The Role of Intergenerational Health Externalities and Women's Occupational Constraints
Agenor, Pierre-Richard - 2017
This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first part provides a review of the evidence on these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976264
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Gender Equality, Poverty and Economic Growth
Sinha, Nistha - 2016
household level. The paper also summarizes evidence from studies examining the relationship between gender equality and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747611
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But? What is the Poverty Rate Today? Testing Poverty Nowcasting Methods in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caruso, German Daniel - 2017
comprehensive harmonized micro data of more than 180 household surveys in 15 Latin American countries. The paper tests three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951528
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Perceptions of Distributive Justice in Latin America During a Period of Falling Inequality
Reyes, German Jeremias - 2017
This paper explores perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during the 2000s and their relationship with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, the paper documents a widespread, although modest, decrease in the share of the population that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954327
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Urbanization and Development : Is Latin America and the Caribbean Different from the Rest of the World?
Roberts, Mark - 2017
Two long-established stylized facts in the urban and development economics literatures are that: (a) a country's level of economic development is strongly positively correlated with its level of urbanization; and (b) a country's level of urbanization is strongly negatively correlated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959138
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Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Among Latin American Households
Fay, Marianne - 2017
, and transport areas, based on harmonized household survey data covering 1.6 million households in 14 Latin American … household benefits from simply being located in a given country. The results show extensive inequality of access, within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961226