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Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries
Beck, Ulrik - 2015
This paper investigates how two effects drive wedges between nominal and real inequality estimates. The effects are caused by (i) differences in the composition of consumption over the income distribution coupled with differential inflation of consumption items; and (ii) quantity discounting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411136
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Cross-country heterogeneity and endogeneity bias in life satisfaction estimations - macro- and micro-level evidence for advanced, developing and transition countries
Krenz, Astrid - 2013
time-varying variables in the relationship between income and life satisfaction on the micro-level for the UK (Powdthavee … cross-country heterogeneity and income endogeneity in estimations on life satisfaction for sub-samples of advanced …. Capturing endogeneity appears to be essential in studies on life satisfaction. The negative bias apparently is highest for the …
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Cross-Country Heterogeneity and Endogeneity Bias in Life Satisfaction Estimations - Macro- and Micro-Level Evidence for Advanced, Developing and Transition Countries
Krenz, Astrid - 2013
time-varying variables in the relationship between income and life satisfaction on the micro-level for the UK (Powdthavee … cross-country heterogeneity and income endogeneity in estimations on life satisfaction for sub-samples of advanced …. Capturing endogeneity appears to be essential in studies on life satisfaction. The negative bias apparently is highest for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081364
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Bottom incomes and the measurement of poverty : a brief assessment of the literature
Ceriani, Lidia; Hlásny, Vladimír; Verme, Paolo - 2021
The paper discusses the main issues related to negative and zero incomes that are relevant for the measurement of … non-positive incomes, and explains how non-positive incomes and alternative correction methods impact the measurement of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604690
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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class?
Milanovic, Branko; Yitzhaki, Shlomo - 2004
in the world, by continent and by "region" (countries grouped by income level). They use a Gini decomposition that allows … these continents is explained by inequality within countries). Next the authors divide the world into three groups: the rich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137675
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Heshmati, Almas - 2021
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the level of globalisation and show how globalisation has developed over time for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319082
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How do human rights violations affect poverty and income distribution?
Apergēs, Nikolaos; Cooray, Arusha - 2019
The goal of this paper is to examine the impact of human rights on income distribution and poverty by exploring how both aid and trade can influence poverty and income distribution through human rights. The analysis employs data for 125 countries and uses a number of panel data methods. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012340
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Globalization and Income Inequality Revisited
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021
This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link between globalization and income inequality differs across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315438
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Global Inequality : Beyond the Bottom Billion – A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries
Ortiz, Isabel; Cummins, Matthew - 2011
distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and Eurostat; (ii) discusses the negative implications of rising income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043671
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The capability threshold : re-examining the definition of the middle class in an unequal developing country
Burger, Ronelle; McAravey, Camren; Berg, Servaas van der - 2015
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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