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Despite success in reducing poverty over the last twenty years, inequality in Chile has remained virtually unchanged …, making Chile one of the least equal countries in the world. High levels of inequality have been shown to hamper further …, we employ this methodology to produce consistent and precise estimates of inequality for every county in Chile. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536826
Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Chile has remained high and remarkably constant over … inequality in Chile has concentrated on the national and regional levels. The impact of cash subsidies to poor households on … local inequality is thus not well understood. Using povertymapping methods to asses this impact, we find heterogeneity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005808251
Despite success in reducing poverty over the last twenty years, inequality in Chile has remained virtually unchanged …, making Chile one of the least equal countries in the world. High levels of inequality have been shown to hamper further …, we employ this methodology to produce consistent and precise estimates of inequality for every county in Chile. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224751
By all accounts, poverty in Chile has declined dramatically over the last 20 years, with the national headcount ratio … declining from nearly 40% in 1987 to below 14% in 2006. Due to data limitations, most research on poverty in Chile has focused …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224754
Despite success in reducing poverty over the last twenty years, inequality in Chile has remained virtually unchanged …, making Chile one of the least equal countries in the world. High levels of inequality have been shown to hamper further …, we employ this methodology to produce consistent estimators of inequality for every county in Chile. We find a great deal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005808234
Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Chile has remained high and remarkably constant over … inequality in Chile has concentrated on the national and regional levels. The impact of cash subsidies to poor households on … local inequality is thus not well understood. Using povertymapping methods to asses this impact, we find heterogeneity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677650
from non-representative surveys yield imprecise estimates of poverty and inequality. This paper therefore estimates poverty … and inequality using poverty mapping methods. In contrast to previous studies, however, we use ethnicity rather than …, but that inequality rates are also lower for indigenous groups. These reliable estimates of poverty and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673217
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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As the Chilean government seeks to reduce both poverty and inequality through cash transfers to poor households, local … evidence that cash transfers had highly variable impacts on poverty and inequality at the county level in 2002. In particular … considerable reductions in poverty and inequality. In addition, the strength of the governing mandate weakly influences the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465960
As the Chilean government seeks to reduce both poverty and inequality through cash transfers to poor households, local … evidence that cash transfers had highly variable impacts on poverty and inequality at the county level in 2002. In particular … considerable reductions in poverty and inequality. In addition, the strength of the governing mandate weakly influences the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153469