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We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method allowing us to disentangle the policy effect from changing market incomes. Over the period 1979-2007, the cumulative policy effect aggravated inequality by increasing the income share of the top...
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We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle the direct policy effect from the effect of changing market incomes. Over the whole period 1979-2007 the cumulative tax policy effect aggravated income inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011085100
Standard poverty analysis makes statements about deprivation after the veil of uncertainty has been lifted. Nonetheless … `vulnerability to poverty` as the magnitude of the threat of poverty, measured ex-ante, before uncertainty is resolved. We describe …
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We explore how to measure poverty over time, by focusing on trajectories of poverty rather than poverty at a particular … characterization of desirable properties for measuring poverty across these spells, as well as an explicit discussion of three issues … vulnerability, defined as the threat of poverty over time, that incorporates risk. An application to data from Ethiopia shows that …
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This paper gives a selected review of some of the work on poverty mobility, largely based on recent research. The … allow movement out of poverty. For urban areas, location and access to particular types of jobs appears to matter. The paper … revisits this evidence. However, in analyzing poverty mobility, it is not self-evident to move from describing the correlates …
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In many developing countries, the beneficiaries of transfer programmes are determined by community-based processes, based on some general targeting rules related to needs.  This opens the door for local social and political processes to impact on who gets access.  Despite increasingly large...
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Despite increasingly large scale social protection programs in Africa, we have limited evidence on the local political economy of their allocation. We investigate community-based processes for food aid allocation and the role of political and social networks, using the case of Ethiopia in the...
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We study the distribution of food aid in Ethiopia between 1994 and 2004 using data from the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey. Over this period village leaders had considerable discretion in disbursing aid subject to official guidelines and periodic monitoring. We use a principal-agent model and...
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Collective action can help individuals, groups, and communities achieve common goals, thus contributing to poverty …
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Using panel data from villages in rural Ethiopia, the paper studies the determinants of consumption growth (1989-97), based on a microgrowth model, controlling for heterogeneity. Consumption grew substantially, but with diverse experiences across villages and individuals. A key focus is on...
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