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The proportion of wage workers with missing labor income has recently increased in Mexico. In this article, I correct …
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In Mexico, as in most Latin American countries with indigenous populations, it is commonly believed that European …
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the developing world, is insensitive to inequality among the multidimensionally poor individuals and does not consider … inequality sensitive view of multi-dimensional poverty when only ordinal (dichotomized) variables are available. We use such an …, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, shedding thus some light on gender differences in poverty and inequality in those …
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Growth that reduces poverty is often considered pro-poor regardless of whether the poor benefit from it more than the non-poor. Such growth could simply be termed poverty-reducing growth. This paper argues that for growth to be pro-poor it should disproportionally benefit the poor. The paper...
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the developing world, is insensitive to inequality among the multidimensionally poor individuals and does not consider … inequality sensitive view of multi-dimensional poverty when only ordinal (dichotomized) variables are available. We use such an …, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, shedding thus some light on gender differences in poverty and inequality in those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902890
inequality for two important non-income measures of wellbeing, childrenz s stature and adult womenq s educational attainment. Our … purpose is to determine whether the worrying trend of increasing income inequality in Latin America is also found in non …-income dimensions of well-being. We find that it is not. Almost across the board, health inequality, measured by childreni s stature …
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growing poverty and inequality levels in Latin America—and circumstantial evidence supports the claim. But recent and rigorous …
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This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …
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in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011 in most countries. We provide measures of the levels and trends in … income inequality, and inequality among those with top incomes. …
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This chapter examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. It first … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The chapter also provides a …
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