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Globalization, poverty and inequality: What is the relationship? What can be done?
Basu, Kaushik - 2005
The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the … have, and advocates the setting up of an international initiative to coordinate such policies. – globalization ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284762
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Globalization and a welfare program for the marginalized
Broll, Udo; Kemnitz, Alexander; Mukherjee, Vivekananda - 2009
We study the economic relationship between globalization and inequality within a country. In a partial equilibrium it …, relative consumption inequality between employed and the marginalized always rises by intensified globalization. However in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300613
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Globalization and a welfare program for the marginalized
Broll, Udo; Kemnitz, Alexander; Mukherjee, Vivekananda - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2009
We study the economic relationship between globalization and inequality within a country. In a partial equilibrium it …, relative consumption inequality between employed and the marginalized always rises by intensified globalization. However in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226189
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Just End Poverty Now : The Case for a Global Minimum Income
Wells, Thomas R. - 2019
Global GDP is more than 100 trillion dollars, yet 10% of the world's population still live in extreme poverty on less than $1.90 per day. No one should have to live like that: alleviating poverty is a minimal moral obligation implied by nearly every secular and religious moral system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865676
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Globalization and a Welfare Program for the Marginalized
Broll, Udo - 2009
We study the economic relationship between globalization and inequality within a country. In a partial equilibrium it …, relative consumption inequality between employed and the marginalized always rises by intensified globalization. However in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153411
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A consistent assessment of social welfare by two methodologies : the theory and evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study database
Kot, Stanisław Maciej; Paradowski, Piotr R. - 2024
Research background: Applied welfare economics offers various social welfare functions (SWF) for appraising income distributions. Social planners commonly use two SWFs: SWFε implied by income inequality aversion (ε) and SWFv implied by rank inequality aversion (v). However, a voluntary choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552762
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Economic Development, Poverty, and Inequality in Haiti During the Past 20 Years (1997-2017)
Ramirez, Byron - 2019
During the past 20 years, Haiti's development efforts have been stifled by natural disasters, poverty, and inequality. Given all of the current challenges facing Haiti, the World Bank Group country partnership framework aims to support the country's efforts to provide economic opportunities for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897526
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Chapter 70. Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries : Market Distortions or Efficient Institutions?
Freeman, Richard B. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4657-4702). 2010
This chapter reviews what economists have learned about the impact of labor market institutions, defined broadly as government regulations and union activity on labor outcomes in developing countries. It finds that: (1) Labor institutions vary greatly among developing countries but less than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025732
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Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: What Is the Relationship? What Can Be Done?
Basu, Kaushik - Center for Analytic Economics, Department of Economics - 2005
The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553662
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A European equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. - 2022
This paper introduces a theory-based equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers, which justifies comparison of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193777