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Polarización y segregación en la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: trayectorias desiguales.
Escobal, Javier; Ponce, Carmen - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - 2012
A partir de estimaciones de crecimiento del gasto per cápita, pobreza y desigualdad para los años 1981, 1993 y 2007, el …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010901956
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Los activos de los pobres en el Perú
Escobal, Javier; Saavedra, Jaime; Torero, Máximo - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - 2000
Tanto la distribución del ingreso como los niveles de pobreza han registrado importantes modificaciones a lo largo de …, se habría producido una importante reducción en los niveles de pobreza, especialmente durante la década de los setenta. A … pesar de ello, la tasa de pobreza continúa siendo una de las más altas de América Latina. De otro lado, el análisis de la …
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The distributional impact of public services in European countries
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of including the value of public health care, longterm care, education and childcare on estimates of income inequality and financial poverty in 23 European countries. The valuation of public services and the identification of target groups rely on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968516
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Income distribution and growth's ability to reduce poverty: Evidence from rural and urban African economies
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2010
The present study examines the degree to which income distribution affects the ability of economic growth to reduce poverty, based on 1990s data for a sample of rural and urban sectors of African economies. Using the basic needs approach, an analysis-of-covariance model is derived and estimated,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280208
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The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco
Bouoiyour, Jamal; Miftah, Amal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected in Morocco, in the rural areas of the region Souss-Massa-Draa. By applying an original approach, we estimate the counterfactual income of remittance-recipient households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114093
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Relative income distribution in six European countries: market and disposable income
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2015
The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The outcome of this process entails relevant information about...
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The distributional impact of public services in
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of including the value of public health care, longterm care, education and childcare on estimates of income inequality and financial poverty in 23 European countries. The valuation of public services and the identification of target groups rely on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817209
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Effect of income distribution on poverty reduction after the Millennium
Techanan, Jeeranan; Suriya, Komsan - In: The Empirical Econometrics and Quantitative Economics … 1 (2012) 4, pp. 169-179
This study aims to investigate the effect of income distribution on poverty reduction and the effect of income distribution on growth elasticity of poverty reduction. It uses panel data of 70 countries during 2001-2010 provided by the World Bank. It applies panel data analysis both fixed effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765563
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The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco
Miftah, Amal; Bouoiyour, Jamal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected in Morocco, in the rural areas of the region Souss-Massa-Draa. By applying an original approach, we estimate the counterfactual income of remittance-recipient households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772256
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Indicatori di vulnerabilità economica e tenore di vita delle famiglie in Lombardia
MALERBA, Giuseppina - In: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali 114 (2006) 1-2, pp. 211-240
The aim of this paper is the definition and measurement of the concept of vulnerability between families in a relatively high income region of Italy. Poverty tends to be a multi-dimensional concept and the use of monetary income as a single measure of welfare can be misleading. The concept of...
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