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We examine the sensitivity of poverty comparisons across countries with dissimilar household needs when equivalence … scale parameters are varied. We use a sample of Spanish and British households, using both absolute and relative poverty …
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-time employed individual who are more likely to fall into poverty. The main reason pushing a household into or out of poverty seems … characteristics of the household appear to significantly affect the probability of re-entering poverty for the most mobile group of … should modify any economic policy aiming for Social Welfare maximisation. Poverty is defined as a state of economic hardship …
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Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children's math and reading achievement. Our identification derives...
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This study develops a framework to investigate the optimal allocation of a country's fiscal resources to help equalize opportunities for human development. The author argues that the proper role for policy is the pursuit of equality of opportunities as opposed to equality of outcomes. Because...
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This paper joins in the debate on the size of the middle class in Latin America, providing an analysis of its structure and characteristics. Using several measurements, it finds that 40-60 percent of Latin American households are middle class, a share which has consolidated over the past decade....
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Investigates the nature and determinants of income distribution and poverty, and explores the relationships between … indicators of income status and poverty and demographic indices. …
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policy, incomes policy and basic needs satisfaction in Fiji - discusses poverty, household income and consumer expenditure …
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ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the rural population and rural area poverty in the Acholi area of Southern Sudan …% of which is involved in subsistence farming; examines household incomes, asset-holding, self- sufficient food production …
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ILO pub. Working paper, econometric model of poverty and consumer expenditure patterns in urban area Ecuador, 1975 … illiteracy, educational level, family size, occupational status, etc. On household income. Bibliography. …
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ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on population dynamics, poverty and basic needs in southern Sudan - based on literature …, and unemployment; examines the economic role of the household in subsistence farming; suggests development policies …
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