Showing 31 - 40 of 1,161
Proposals for incorporating information on the quality of human, social, and environmental conditions in more authentic and comprehensive versions of the Gross National Product (GNP) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) date back to the foundations of econometrics.Typically treated as external to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211173
This paper applies the methodology of Ravallion and Chen in calculating growth incidence curves for Ireland over the 2003-2011 period, using measures of equivalised disposable income from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). These curves provide an indication of growth at different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128406
Richer people are happier than poorer people, but when a country becomes richer over time, its people do not become happier. This seemingly contradictory pair of findings of Richard Easterlin has be-come famous as the Easterlin Paradox. However, it was met with counterevidence. To shed more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951423
The middle-income trap is a serious problem in developing Asia and Pacific economies. Middle-income trap is the situation in which a country's growth slows after reaching middle-income levels and the transition to high-income levels becomes unattainable. International remittances of immigrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012015038
The study aimed to verify Allardt's prosperity model in the field of economic prosperity based on the notions of being, loving and having and to explore the existence of possible correlation among sets of all three variables. Canonical correlation analysis to predict relative prosperity was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011791184
distribution and inequality. Based on an analysis of the empirical data from SEA and CEE countries a conclusion can be formulated … that although inequality diminishes the desired impact of growth on reducing poverty, it is not a decisive factor in terms … that high and rising income inequality creates concerns for policy makers and therefore should be addressed by appropriate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012949486
ethnicity group explains more than 90% of the change in total inequality. Income redistribution plays an important role in … be noted when designing policies to alleviate poverty and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014350661
implications for our understanding of inequality, poverty, inclusivity of growth and development, world economic welfare, and the … distribution has become more relatively equal due to falling inter-country relative inequality, and that by some measures global … "inequality convergence" with previously more equal countries becoming less equal over time and the obverse. We provide support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516605
This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417474
theoretical framework for the relationship between structural reforms, economic growth and income inequality. We argue that … inequality. We conclude by proposing a 7-point agenda for future research. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011780603