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American Community Survey (ACS), we attempt to measure Internet speeds across income tiers. In the Ookla data, each measurement …By integrating a “big” dataset of Internet Speedtest® measurements from Ookla® with data on household incomes from the … is technically rigorous but the sample frame is unknown. The ACS provides necessary information on income and Internet …
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It is well known that people’s consumption patterns change with income. Relative price changes therefore affect rich and poor consumers differently. Yet, the standard price indices are not income-specific and hence, the use of these mask these differences in cost-of-living. In this paper, we...
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We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by international migration and remittances, using a formal, practical, and easily decomposable vulnerability measure. Our strategy is to estimate a Markov transition probability...
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Our new approach to mobility measurement involves separating out the valuation of positions in terms of individual …
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We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by international migration and remittances, using a formal, practical, and easily decomposable vulnerability measure. Our strategy is to estimate a Markov transition probability...
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In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...
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