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appears to be a leap from the frying pan into the fire of even greater income inequality and poverty incidence. … evidence that Federalism is a strong predictor of greater income inequality in developing economies. It is also a strong … predictor of higher poverty incidence and poverty severity on average for all countries. Federalism does not predict lower …
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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/10012484227
This paper provides an account of the evolution of poverty and inequality during adjustment in Bolivia, covering the … period 1985?99. It turns out that urban poverty declined somewhat after the initial stabilization phase that followed the … hyperinflation in 1985. A similar evolution of per capita income suggests a positive impact of growth on urban poverty, although the …
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traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … lesser degree, education of the household head and dwelling characteristics. -- Income Mobility ; Poverty ; Pseudo …This paper presents a comparative overview of mobility patterns in 14 Latin American countries between 1992 and 2003 …
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traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … poverty. -- income mobility ; poverty ; pseudo-panels ; Latin America …This paper presents a comparative overview of mobility patterns in 14 Latin American countries between 1992 and 2003 …
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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/10012825006
Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on … the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality … income inequality to decline. The conjoined parameters retard growth's inequality-enhancing effect and thus facilitate long …
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This paper joins in the debate on the size of the middle class in Latin America, providing an analysis of its structure and characteristics. Using several measurements, it finds that 40-60 percent of Latin American households are middle class, a share which has consolidated over the past decade....
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