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This paper focuses on the role of institutions in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions …-income poverty à la capability approach of Amartya Sen) allows a rich discussion of policy interventions. While both orientations as … to the concepts of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514135
for poverty defined using either absolute or relative thresholds. Some evidence indicates that while those living in rural …Very few studies currently exist on poverty adaptation to subjective well-being. We offer analysis on poverty … adaptation for Russia, a middle-income country in transition, using panel data for 2001-2017. We found no poverty adaption for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861237
This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions …'s civilisation. The inclusion of health, nutrition, and literacy indicators in defining well-being (or, non-income poverty a la … of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC data prove …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320102
This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions …'s civilisation. The inclusion of health, nutrition, and literacy indicators in defining well-being (or, non-income poverty à la … of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC data prove …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001728869
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the variation of subjective well-being experienced by Germans over the last two decades testing the role of some of the major correlates of people's well-being. Our results suggest that the variation of Germans' well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601056
This paper analyzes the effect of changes in structural progressivity of national income tax systems on observed and actual income inequality. Using several unique measures of progressivity over the 1981-2005 period for a large panel of countries, we find that progressivity reduces inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289912
This paper analyzes the effect of changes in structural progressivity of national income tax systems on observed and actual income inequality. Using several unique measures of progressivity over the 1981-2005 period for a large panel of countries, we find that progressivity reduces inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629615
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the variation of subjective well-being experienced by Germans over the last two decades testing the role of some of the major correlates of people's well-being. Our results suggest that the variation of Germans' well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389112
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088664
Measuring the intergenerational mobility of welfare provides key inputs for policies, but very few studies examine intergenerational mobility of subjective well-being (SWB), particularly in a poorer, transitional country context. We make new contributions by analyzing rich panel SWB data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254144