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after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases in schooling, income, and the probability of employment, and …, larger and more robust to specification for men than for women. With the exception of cognitive disability and poverty for …
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increases, trade growth and shifting trade patterns will have pervasive effects on income distribution in Vietnam. In this paper …, we use a newly estimated Vietnam social accounting matrix to elucidate the links between trade and income in the country …
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increases, trade growth and shifting trade patterns will have pervasive effects on income distribution in Vietnam. In this paper …, we use a newly estimated Vietnam social accounting matrix to elucidate the links between trade and income in the country …
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By all accounts, income inequality in Egypt is low and had been declining during the decade that preceded the 2011 … with a low level of income inequality. Moreover, while income inequality shows a decline between 2000 and 2009, the World … groups. This paper utilizes a range of recently developed statistical techniques to assess the true value of income …
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shared benefits for participating countries in such areas as health, education, trade, and infrastructure. …
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shared benefits for participating countries in such areas as health, education, trade, and infrastructure. …
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confined its attention to income per person, setting aside the question of how income is distributed. But this commission chose … the view that growth only enriches the few, leaving poverty undisturbed and social ills untouched. …
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This paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find … that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall … reduces the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production …
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analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the … in which a higher minimum wage raises poverty, others where it reduces poverty, and yet others in which poverty is … unchanged. We characterize precisely how the poverty effect depends on four parameters: the degree of poverty aversion, the …
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