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Do minimum wages stimulate productivity and growth? : minimum wage increases fail to stimulate growth and can have a negative impact on vulnerable workers during recessions
Sabia, Joseph J. - 2015
Proponents of minimum wage increases have argued that such hikes can serve as an engine of economic growth and assist low-skilled individuals during downturns in the business cycle. However, a review of the literature provides little empirical support for these claims. Minimum wage increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434456
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The end of poverty : inequality and growth in global perspective
Edward, Peter; Sumner, Andrew - 2019
Consumption, Output and Distribution -- Chapter 4: Global Poverty by Different Poverty Lines since the Cold War -- Chapter 5: The … End of Global Poverty -- Chapter 6: Conclusion …In this book Edward and Sumner argue that to better understand the impact of global growth on poverty it is necessary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027523
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Did rapid smallholder-led agricultural growth fail to reduce rural poverty? : making sense of Malawi's poverty puzzle
Pauw, Karl; Beck, Ulrik; Mussa, Richard - 2014
subsidy program, failed to significantly reduce poverty in Malawi. Official estimates for 2011 showed a 1.7 percentage point … decline in national poverty between 2005 and 2011, while rural poverty increased marginally. In this study we estimate an … alternative set of regional poverty lines using a cost of basic needs method that allows the consumption bundle to vary spatially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410803
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Growing out of Poverty : Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859744
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Growing Out of Poverty : Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988-2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2021
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325312
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Growing Out of Poverty : Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988-2002
Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon; Xia, Qingjie - 2014
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054022
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Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth
Fernández, Raquel; Luna, Francesco; Rambousek, Barbara - 2021
This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to address these. With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it promotes gender equality. Despite recent progress,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238140
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The Reduced Impact of Exports on Korea's Economic Growth : A Demand-Side Approach
Oh, Jong‐seok; Hong, Sung Wook; Kang, Duyong - 2023
After the global financial crisis, both export growth and economic growth have trended downward, while exports’ contributions to percentage change in GDP fell off markedly after 2011. For this study, we adopted an export multiplier approach by which exports’ indirect effects on the domestic...
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