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produce spatially disaggregated poverty and inequality estimates. To test the method, predicted welfare indicators for a set …
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In this research the causal influences among proactive orientation, individual activism, personal achievement, and subjective well-being in the world as a whole and in three world-system zones based on the 5th wave World Values Survey dataset are examined. To test the first and second...
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inequality and poverty when all taxes and transfers are combined. In comparison with other five countries in Latin America, it … ranks first (poverty reduction) and second (inequality reduction), and first in terms of poverty reduction effectiveness and … third in terms of overall (including transfers in kind) inequality reduction effectiveness. Direct taxes are progressive and …
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In context of increased concerns regarding the territorial inequalities, the research aims to outline a comprehensive picture of the level and dynamics of regional disparities in Romania, both at county and regional level, in light of the recent economic crisis. The main novelty of our research...
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One of the two goals of the World Bank Group's new strategy is to promote shared prosperity, defined as the income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population. The simple monitoring indicator then is the income per capita of the bottom 40 percent of the population. The growth of this...
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Despite repeated policy initiatives from donors and governments, the human and economic cost of continued lack of access to safe water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa remains high. This paper shows that a radical reorientation of policy is needed to achieve a significant increase in...
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the financial crisis and the ensuing real crisis have roots in the strong increase in incomes inequality that has been …
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We study the impact of growth and growth accelerations on poverty and inequality in Indonesia using a new panel dataset … the economy. We find that growth in non-mining significantly reduces poverty and inequality. In contrast, overall growth … and growth in mining appears to have no effect on poverty and inequality. We also identify growth acceleration episodes …
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We study the impact of growth and growth accelerations on poverty and inequality in Indonesia using a new panel dataset …-mining sectors of the economy. We find that growth in non-mining significantly reduces poverty and inequality. In contrast, overall … growth and growth in mining appears to have no effect on poverty and inequality. We also identify growth acceleration …
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This paper describes individuals’ inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in a … inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the effective level of redistribution (after tax-and-transfer inequality) is … objective dimension of inequality and redistribution are, at least partially, linked with individuals’ political preferences and …
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