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Does microfinance program innovation reduce income inequality? Cross-country and panel data analysis
Miled, Kamel Bel Hadj; Younsi, Moheddine; Landolsi, Monia - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15
This paper uses cross-country and panel data set to test the significance of microfinance on income inequality reduction at the macro level for a sample of 57 developing countries for the periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013. This study adopts panel data methodologies, such as ordinary least square...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205711
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Does microfinance program innovation reduce income inequality? : cross-country and panel data analysis
Miled, Kamel Bel Hadj; Younsi, Moheddine; Landolsi, Monia - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 11 (2022), pp. 1-15
This paper uses cross-country and panel data set to test the significance of microfinance on income inequality reduction at the macro level for a sample of 57 developing countries for the periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013. This study adopts panel data methodologies, such as ordinary least square...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803816
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Assessing differences in household needs : a comparison of approaches for the estimation of equivalence scales using German expenditure data
Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Schmied, Julian - 2017
Equivalence scales are routinely applied to adjust the income of households of different size and composition. Because of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation of equivalence scales have been proposed. Until now, no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764530
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Using Census and Survey Data to Estimate Poverty and Inequality for Small Areas
Tarozzi, Alessandro; Deaton, Angus - 2008
or few observations are available. Census data are more plentiful, but typically exclude income and expenditure data …. Recent years have seen a widespread use of small-area "poverty maps" based on census data enriched by relationships estimated … from household surveys that predict variables not covered by the census. These methods are used to estimate putatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049229
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How does education affect the earnings distribution in urban China?
Wang, Le - 2011
China's phenomenal growth is accompanied by both relatively low level of standards of living and high inequality. It is widely believe that investing in education could be an effective strategy to promote higher standards of living as well as to reduce inequality. However, little is known about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522982
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How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
Wang, Le - 2011
China's phenomenal growth is accompanied by both relatively low level of standards of living and high inequality. It is widely believe that investing in education could be an effective strategy to promote higher standards of living as well as to reduce inequality. However, little is known about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117613
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Are working hours a new driver of inequality? : on the relation between hours inequality, earnings inequality, and collective bargaining in Germany
Gerold, Stefanie; Stein, Ulrike - 2020
This paper studies the relationship between inequalities in working hours and overall earnings inequality in Germany between 2006 and 2014, and the role of declining collective bargaining coverage. Using data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey (GSES), a variance decomposition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176404
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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences
Immel, Lea - 2021
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484032
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The impact of minimum wages on income inequality in the EU
Filauro, Stefano; Grünberger, Klaus; Narazani, Edlira - 2023
A number of studies documents that minimum wage policies have the potential to reduce income inequality. The recently adopted EU Commission's proposal for a Directive on adequate minimum wages was supported by a detailed analysis of the social impacts of hypothetical minimum wage levels in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442981
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The regional distribution of income and wages: Causes and consequences
Immel, Lea - 2021
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484754