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In this study, we examine the contributions of growth and redistribution to poverty reduction in Mexico during the … contributor to poverty reduction in Mexico. In the second part of our analysis, we compile a unique panel dataset at the state … period from 1992 to 2014, using repeated cross-section household data. We first decompose the observed changes in poverty …
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This research provides a detailed examination of the redistributive effect achieved by the tax system including total taxes and cash transfers targeting the contributors and households in the period 2002-2008-2014 for the Mexican regions and the country. We measure the impact on income growth...
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analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …Trends in aggregate growth and poverty reduction hide a multiplicity of development processes at the local level. The … decomposition of the poverty convergence elasticity, the analysis investigates whether this convergence, if it exists, has …
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analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …Trends in aggregate growth and poverty reduction hide a multiplicity of development processes at the local level. The … decomposition of the poverty convergence elasticity, the analysis investigates whether this convergence, if it exists, has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262928
Background: Since the latter part of the 20th Century, countries have been particularly challenged by the trade-off that exists between delivering generous welfare provisions and strong economic growth. Such dynamics have stimulated a need to better understand the causes of income inequality so...
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Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s … agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in measured consumption poverty. We expect progress in poverty reduction to …
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poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …
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The study examines the relationship between growth-inequality-poverty (GIP) triangle and crime rate under the premises … that there is (i) no/flat relationship between per capita income and crime rate; (ii) U-shaped relationship between poverty … decrease crime rate. Crime rate substantially increases income inequality while health expenditures decrease poverty headcount …
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contribute the most to reducing poverty? This paper examines these questions in four stages. First, it explores the factors …
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poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054924