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influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for … measures of urban income inequality. Significant differences between migrants and local residents are found for non …Using data from recent surveys of migrants and local residents in 10 cities in 2005, this paper examines how migration …
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We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic … is essentially driven by a reduction in inequality between countries, while the effect of migration on within … effects of migration on stayers' wages, we find similar to stronger effects on inequality, albeit with a smaller increase in …
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, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions … markets play an important role in this effect. Second, urbanization is positively correlated with urban poverty. This can be …
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its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …In this paper, we analyse the relationship between China's structural transformation and the inclusiveness of its … economic growth. China's economy has undergone significant structural changes since it initiated the economic reforms in 1978 …
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While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...
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We use CHIP data from 1995, 2002, and 2013 to investigate inequality in urban household consumption expenditures …. Overall inequality in urban household consumption expenditures measured by the Gini coefficient decreased slightly from 0 ….33 in 1995 to 0.32 in 2002, but it increased to 0.36 in 2013. This followed the same trend as that of urban income, though …
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Across the world, we observe different experiences in terms of inequality between migrant and 'host … inequality, to highlight the role of five key sets of factors in such variation: governmental policies and institutions; labour …
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Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of … the GFC. This increase is due to a rise in market income inequality that was compounded by a reduction in fiscal … redistributive efficiency. The COVID-19 crisis is likely to deepen income inequality, increasing the room for redistributive policies …
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In this paper we apply two statistical models to the measurement of polarization to Israeli income data over the past decade in order to empirically detect income classes as sub-populations of incomes concentrated around an optimal number of poles. The statistical models compared are a...
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