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inequality “frontier”, we are able to reconcile the literature on multivariate relative poverty and multivariate inequality. Some …The paper investigates how comparisons of multivariate inequality can be made robust to varying the intensity of focus … and follows the dominance approach to making inequality comparisons. By focusing on those below a multidimensional …
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In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic … success. An index of social mobility for developing countries is proposed based on the correlation of schooling gaps between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014140794
This paper reviews some of the central issues that arise in thinking about the motives for, politics of, constraints on and measurement of, redistribution. Amongst the themes are: the potential usefulness of apparently inefficient policy instruments in overcoming the self-selection constraints...
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provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise in exports on poverty and inequality at the local level. The analysis … trade and poverty maps for almost 2,000 Mexican municipalities between 2004 and 2014, the study presented in this paper … of exports to workers reduces income inequality measured by the Gini coefficient by 0.17 points (using a 0 to 100 scale …
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provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise in exports on poverty and inequality at the local level. The analysis … trade and poverty maps for almost 2,000 Mexican municipalities between 2004 and 2014, the study presented in this paper … of exports to workers reduces income inequality measured by the Gini coefficient by 0.17 points (using a 0 to 100 scale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876043
The poverty risk rate increased in Finland from 7 to 14 per cent between 1993 and 2010. We have estimated the … counterfactual poverty rates for the year 2010 in order to evaluate the impact of changes in tax and benefit systems on the increase … of the poverty risk rate. Household disposable incomes are simulated by using the same households of the year 2010 data …
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significant correlation and regression coefficients which suggest a link between inflation and inequality, while poverty appears …This paper investigates possible explanations for the increases in inequality observed in Brazil during the 1980s …. While the static decompositions of inequality by household characteristics reveal that education and race of the household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928756
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a robust normative evaluation of the recent evolution of Indians' exposures to health-related risks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares empirically the distributions of individuals' risks of death in India on the basis of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977771
In a simple theoretical framework, the quality of institutions affects individual’s investment decisions, and hence income levels and distribution. When institutions deteriorates and inequalities increase, the incumbent undertakes redistributive taxation to maintain political support. The...
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. Recent evidence revealed that growth in Asia has been accompanied by an increase in relative poverty, or income inequality …. High income inequality can slow the rate of poverty reduction, and create social unrest and anxiety. The quality of … growth and institutional quality on poverty and income inequality in nine developing countries of Asia for the period 1985 …
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