This study based on two primary surveys of the same households in two different years (2007/08 and 2012) assesses the extent of inter-temporal change in income of the individual workers and makes an attempt to identify the factors which explain upward mobility in alternate econometric framework,...

This paper proposes a methodology to assess the pro-poorness of government fiscal policies in view of bringing marginal reforms. A government policy is said to be pro-poor if it benefits the poor proportionally more than the non-poor. The author first derives the poverty elasticity for the...

We analyse statistical inference for top income shares in finite samples. The asymptotic inference performs poorly even in large samples. The standard bootstrap tests give some improvement, but can be unreliable. The semi-parametric bootstrap approach is accurate in moderate and larger samples.

In this paper we present a comparative analysis of poverty and income inequality prevalent in the seven towns of Lahore. Further, an analysis of gender inequality and overall social development is presented by considering education, health, and labor market conditions. We have computed the...

This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the first application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to...

Eckart Bomsdorf, Universität zu Köln, zeigt in dem Beitrag, dass – unter durchaus realistischen Annahmen – von den heute knapp 82 Millionen Einwohnern Deutschlands über 8 Millionen 100 Jahre alt werden könnten.

Eine vergleichende Analyse der agrarsozialen Sicherungssysteme in Deutschland und Frankreich, die auch eine vergleichende Bewertung der Systeme aus der Perspektive der versicherten Landwirte enthält, ist trotz einiger Parallelen zwischen landwirtschaftlicher Sozialversicherung (LSV) und...

We present the framework of a macro-micro simulation model for the study of the impact of economic policies on income distribution and monetary poverty in Madagascar. Modelling options and choices are discussed for the micro-economic module and for the macro-micro linkages. Econometric...

Das Auseinanderfallen von Aufgabenwahrnehmung und Finanzierungsverantwortung in der organisatorischen Struktur einiger überörtlicher Sozialhilfeträger in Deutschland schafft keine Anreize für eine sparsame Mittelverwendung. In diesem Beitrag wird eine strukturelle Reform vorgeschlagen, die...

This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the First application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimen- sional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust...