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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 … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397345
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 … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010991093
This paper is a review of the post-war literature on income distribution and development. It argues that the literature … case studies rather than cross-country regression analysis; (ii) the phenomenon of increasing inequality; (iii) different …) alternative modes of redistribution in face of inequality increasing tendencies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024196
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 … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134371
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 … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134393
How does the introduction of rural public work schemes impact individual incentives to migrate? This paper examines this question in the context of rural public work program (Yigong-daizhen) in China, and unveils empirical evidence that suggest that the introduction of Yigong-daizhen projects in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603696
This paper argues that after a quarter century of sharp and sustained increase, Chinese inequality is now plateauing … inequality. The evolution of inequality is further examined through decomposition by income source and population subgroups … economy. The narrative on Chinese inequality now needs to focus on the reasons for this great turnaround. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653363
In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses realized by the various migration streams. We present a simple but powerful decomposition methodology that uses panel data to measure the contributions of different migration...
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locations and will, ceteris paribus, serve to reduce those differentials. And yet the evidence on growing spatial inequality is …
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In this paper we argue that the decline in global inequality over the last decades has spurred a 'sunshine' narrative … of falling global inequality that has been rather oversold, in the sense, we argue, it is likely to be temporary. We … argue the decline in global inequality will reverse due to changes in the between-country component. We find there is a …
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