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Macroeconomic policies, growth, employment, and inequality in Latin America
Damill, Mário; Frenkel, Roberto - 2012
; macroeconomic policies ; economic growth ; employment ; poverty rates ; inequality … macroeconomic outcomes on poverty rates. With regard to policy, the study examines the changes that took place in 1997-98, and then … acceleration of output growth and employment creation, and contributed to reducing poverty rates. -- Latin American economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009504596
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Pobreza, vulnerabilidad y la clase media en América Latina
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290939
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The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique
Barletta, Giulia; Castigo, Finório; Egger, Eva-Maria; … - 2021
Mozambique on household consumption poverty. To predict changes in income and the associated effects on poverty and inequality … two main impact channels are at work leading to higher consumption poverty: direct income/wage and employment losses. To … consumption and poverty. Our simulations suggest that consumption decreased by between 7.1 and 14.4 per cent, and that poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545512
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Measuring the effects of commodity price shocks on Asian economies
Inoue, Tomoo; Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi - 2017
Commodity prices have become volatile over the past 2 decades, and their recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most economies. While many Asian economies have benefited from low international oil and food prices, commodity exporters have suffered. Thus,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621249
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A fresh look at an old question : is pro-poor targeting of cash transfers more effective than universal systems at reducing inequality and poverty?
McKnight, Abigail - 2015
This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289926
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Social effect of Covid-19 : estimates and alternatives for Latin America and the Caribbean
Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Flores, Iván; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 29 (2020), pp. 1-44
different types of interventions to cushion its impact. The analysis forecasts that the number of people living in poverty …
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Cairo evaluation clinic : thoughts on randomized trials for evaluation of development
Karlan, Dean - 2009
We were asked to discuss specific methodological approaches to evaluating three hypothetical interventions. This article uses this forum to discuss three misperceptions about randomized trials. First, nobody argues that randomized trials are appropriate in all settings, and for all questions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851843
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Minimum wage not yet for everyone : on the compensation of eligible workers before and after the minimum wage reform from the perspective of employees
Burauel, Patrick; Caliendo, Marco; Fedorets, Alexandra; … - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 49, pp. 509-522
Calculations based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) show that after the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany in January 2015, the wage growth of eligible employees with low wages accelerated significantly. Before the reform, the nominal growth in contractual hourly...
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Is the collective model of labor supply useful for tax policy analysis? : a simulation exercise
Bargain, Olivier; Moreau, Nicolas - 2003
The literature on household behavior contains hardly any empirical research on the withinhousehold distributional effect of tax-benefit policies. We simulate this effect in the framework of a collective model of labor supply when shifting from a joint to an individual taxation system in France....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509519
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Decomposing the Effect of SNAP
Makioka, Ryo - 2018
I analyze the impact of an increase in SNAP benefits (the supplemental nutrition assistance program, formerly called food stamps) on shopping behavior, consumption choice, and prices. Using consumer scanner data, I show that the increase in benefits due to ARRA (American Recovery and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908857