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Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government’s redistributive … and human capital accumulation, as well as with reducing inequality. The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) evaluates … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. …
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for the years 1996 to 2004. We study the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty by following the Poverty … results show that growth in Colombia has generally been anti-poor, a consequence of high inequality in the urban sector and of …
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This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …
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This paper illustrates how Lorenz Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds, within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. After highlighting some drawbacks of using specific functional forms of the Social...
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This paper deals with concepts of multidimensional poverty measurement and applies them to Germany. Three concepts of poverty are examined and included into one multidimensional approach: economic well being, capability and social exclusion. The empirical application relies on indices introduced...
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In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz curve, but can also be seen as a measure of polarization...
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This paper deals with concepts of multidimensional poverty measurement and applies them to Germany. Three concepts of poverty are examined and included into one multidimensional approach: economic well being, capability and social exclusion. The empirical application relies on indices introduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506071
The paper sets out two views of the facts about the effects of globalization on world poverty and inequality. The … bottom line: globalization is not the cause, but neither is it the solution to world poverty and inequality. The paper then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162681
In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz curve, but can also be seen as a measure of polarization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652312
Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of Chile (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/chile).<P>Réduire la pauvreté au Chili grâce aux …
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