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Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000-11

Stifel, David; Woldehanna, Tassew - 2015

We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software (PLEASe) computer code stream based on Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to analyse poverty in Ethiopia in 2000, 2005, and 2011. Several data-related issues create challenges to estimating the spatial and...

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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...

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Dynamic linkages between poverty, inequality, crime, and social expenditures in a panel of 16 countries : two‑step GMM estimates

Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Yousaf, Zahid; Nassani, … - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 9 (2020) 43, pp. 1-25

The study examines the relationship between growth-inequality-poverty (GIP) triangle and crime rate under the premises of inverted U-shaped Kuznets curve and pro-poor growth scenario in a panel of 16 diversified countries, over a period of 1990-2014. The study employed panel Generalized Method...

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Socio-Economic Differences in Life Expectancy - the Potential of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (Soziale Unterschiede in der Lebenserwartung - Moeglichkeiten auf Basis des S...

Kroll, Lars Eric; Lampert, Thomas - 2008

This paper describes the potential of analysing socio-economic inequalities in life expectancy using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP). It includes a short review on available data sources and recent evidence on inequalities in life expectancy for Germany. Subsequently the...

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Extreme weather and risk preference : panel evidence from Germany

Kahsay, Goytom Abraha; Osberghaus, Daniel - 2016

Individual risk preference may change after experiencing external socio-economic or natural shocks. Theoretical … predictions and empirical studies suggest that risk taking may increase or decrease after experiencing shocks. So far the … whether experiencing financial and health-related damage caused by storms affects risk preference of individuals in Germany …

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Advance information and consumption insurance : evidence from panel data

Pedroni, Marcelo; Singh, Swapnil; Stoltenberg, Christian - 2022 - Preliminary, April 15, 2022

We investigate whether US households possess advance information about their future income and what this means for consumption insurance. Based on insights from a theoretical model, we propose a new test to detect advance information, which requires only panel data on consumption and income....

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Measuring vulnerability to poverty using long-term panel data

Landau, Katja; Klasen, Stephan; Zucchini, Walter - 2012

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and panel data. We use long-term panel data from Germany and apply different regression models, based on household covariates and previous-year equivalence income, to classify a...

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What is the investment loss due to uncertainty?

Panagiōtidēs, Theodōros; Printzis, Panagiotis - Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung - 2019

We investigate the effect of uncertainty on investment. We employ a unique dataset of 25000 Greek firms' balance sheets for 14 years covering the period before and after the eurozone crisis. A dynamic factor model is employed to proxy uncertainty. The investment performance of 14 sectors is...

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A behaviouristic approach for measuring poverty : the decomposition approach ; empirical illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - 2011

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is determined. E. g., household size might be a criterion...

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Poverty at Higher Frequency

Merfeld, Joshua D.; Morduch, Jonathan - 2023

Poverty is typically measured as insuﬃcient yearly income or consumption. In practice, however, poverty is marked by seasonality, economic instability, and illiquidity across months. To capture within-year variability, we extend traditional poverty measures to include a temporal dimension....

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