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The main goal of this paper is to adopt a multidimensional approach to poverty that goes beyond focusing on a …. In order to obtain multidimensional poverty measures the paper uses an approach based on fuzzy sets. This methodology is … the impact of non- income growth on poverty. Thus, following the study of Grosse et al. (2008), extended growth incidence …
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Proponents of minimum wage increases have argued that such hikes can serve as an engine of economic growth and assist low-skilled individuals during downturns in the business cycle. However, a review of the literature provides little empirical support for these claims. Minimum wage increases...
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The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in … countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 … poverty and inequality goals. The paper uses different assumptions about growth incidence curves to model changes in …
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. Inequality and poverty changes were not affected by imputation. We took advantage of the methodology proposed to input rents and …
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Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … paper, we adjust a technique developed for poverty mapping exercises to link urban household income surveys with DHS data to … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
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