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We describe a new method of facilitating inequality and poverty analysis of grouped distributional data by allowing … counterparts, then by comparing the true and generated values of the Gini coefficient and other inequality indices. The results …
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This paper reviews the theory and application of decomposition techniques in the context of spatial inequality. It …
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been modeling crime-employing inequality indicators as one of the explanatory variables, yielding mixed results. This paper … argues that income polarization rather than inequality should be taken into account in the context of crime analysis …. Technically, in addition to income gaps as captured by inequality indicators, the recently developed polarization index of Duclos …
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been modeling crime-employing inequality indicators as one of the explanatory variables, yielding mixed results. This paper … argues that income polarization rather than inequality should be taken into account in the context of crime analysis …. Technically, in addition to income gaps as captured by inequality indicators, the recently developed polarization index of Duclos …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635590
This paper aims to depict the post-Second World War poverty and inequality trends in Asia, its sub-regions, and … inequality in Asia. Analytical results confirm significant reductions in poverty across the board due to fast growth, although … expected to eradicate poverty but likely to continue facing high inequality, particularly as major technology breakthroughs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913508
We describe a new method of facilitating inequality and poverty analysis of grouped distributional data by allowing … counterparts, then by comparing the true and generated values of the Gini coefficient and other inequality indices. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001345
-WIDER?s project on Inequality and Poverty in China. It also offers policy recommendations for tackling the poverty-growth-inequality …The slowdown and in some years reversal of poverty reduction in China forcefully demonstrates that growth is not … sufficient for combating poverty even if that growth is of unprecedented magnitude. Policy initiatives should take into …
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This paper aims to depict the post-Second World War poverty and inequality trends in Asia, its sub-regions, and … inequality in Asia. Analytical results confirm significant reductions in poverty across the board due to fast growth, although … expected to eradicate poverty but likely to continue facing high inequality, particularly as major technology breakthroughs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943926
Purpose – Using official and household survey data, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the size of middle class in rural China, its trend and geographical distribution. Determinants or drivers of changes in the size of middle class are explored. Design/methodology/approach – An absolute...
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This paper estimates income polarization in the People'http://www.adb.org/publications/income-polarization-prc-trends-changess Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 2010 and decomposes the estimated polarization by population subgroup. In addition, a framework is proposed to disentangle a change...
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