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Study on Rural Poverty Reduction Effect of Traffic Infrastructure
GUO, Junping; ZHANG, Bin; ZHANG, Xiyan - In: Asian Agricultural Research 06 (2014) 07
To systematically comb and explore the rural poverty reduction effect of traffic infrastructure, the author analyzed the mechanism, main channels and actual effect of rural traffic infrastructure on poverty reduction. It revealed that rural traffic infrastructure exerts positive or negative...
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The political economy of growth and distribution: A theoretical critique
Josten, Stefan Dietrich; Truger, Achim - 2003
inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary … inequality-growth transmission channel they propose, must therefore be assessed as overly simplistic and inadequate with respect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306778
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Inequality, Politics, and Economic Growth : Three Critical Questions on Politico-Economic Models of Growth and Distribution
Josten, Stefan Dietrich; Truger, Achim - 2003
according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed …, as well as the specific inequality-growth transmission channel they propose, must therefore be assessed as overly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263391
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Essays in nonlinear macroeconomic modeling and econometrics.
Atems, Bebonchu - 2011
examines the correlations between income inequality and economic growth using a panel of income distribution data for 3 …,109 counties of the U.S. We examine the non-spatial dynamic correlations between county inequality and growth using a System GMM … approach, and find significant negative relationships between changes in inequality in one period and growth in the subsequent …
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Rethinking the Inequality-Growth Nexus: Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Challenges
Duong, Khanh - 2023
This study reexamines the relationship between economic growth and inequality, challenging the conventional view that … regards inequality solely as an impediment to development. While recognizing the essential role of economic growth in … growth. We explore how inequality interplays with pressing global challenges like climate change and pandemics, areas that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438991
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GDP Per Capita Versus Median Household Income: What Gives Rise to Divergence Over Time?
Nolan, Brian; Roser, Max; Thewissen, Stefan - 2016
Divergence between the evolution of GDP per capita and the income of a 'typical' household as measured in household surveys is giving rise to a range of serious concerns, especially in the USA. This paper investigates the extent of that divergence and the factors that contribute to it across 27...
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
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Innovation, inequality and a golden rule for growth in an economy with Cobb-Douglas function and an R&D sector
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2015
inequality: Thus there is a new approach for explaining Piketty's historical findings of a medium term rise of the capital income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510592
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A note on economic inequality and democratization
Dorsch, Michael T.; Maarek, Paul - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 20 (2014) 4, pp. 599-610
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Mozambique : off-track or temporarily sidelined?
Arndt, Channing; Jones, E. Samuel; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...
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