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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality

Heshmati, Almas - 2021

This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international …

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Growth with equity : income inequality in Vietnam, 2002-14

Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; McCaig, Brian - 2016

We use the 2002 through 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to construct comparable measures of household income and estimates of income inequality over this high-growth period. We focus on two questions: How have benefits from growth been distributed; and do changes in the structure...

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Distributional analysis of the role of breadth and persistence of multiple deprivation in the health gradient measured by biomarkers

Sinha, Kompal; Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M.; … - 2018

This paper analyses the relationship between health and socioeconomic status accounting for the role of breadth and persistence of multiple deprivation. Adopting a holistic approach to multidimensional deprivation, we construct measures of absolute and relative deprivation and use these measures...

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Income inequality among entrepreneurs in Ondo State, Nigeria

Ehinmowo, Olubukola Omotinuke; Harrison, Christian; … - In: International journal of business and globalisation : IJBG 24 (2020) 1, pp. 19-38

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Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria overtime. The disconnect between these findings and … research. First we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then examine how changes in inequality …

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Pareto models, top incomes, and recent trends in UK income inequality

Jenkins, Stephen - 2016 - Revised version: 1 August 2016

I determine UK income inequality levels and trends by combining inequality estimates from tax return data (for the "rich") and household survey data (for the "non-rich"), taking advantage of the better coverage of top incomes in tax return data (which I demonstrate) and creating income variables...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011533854

Pareto models, top incomes, and recent trends in UK income inequality

Jenkins, Stephen - 2016

I determine UK income inequality levels and trends by combining inequality estimates from tax return data (for the 'rich') and household survey data (for the 'non-rich'), taking advantage of the better coverage of top incomes in tax return data (which I demonstrate) and creating income variables...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521081

World Income Inequality Databases : an assessment of WIID and SWIID

Jenkins, Stephen - 2014

This article assesses two secondary data compilations about income inequality - the World Income Inequality Database (WIIDv2c), and the Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIIDv4.0) which is based on WIID but with all observations multiply-imputed. WIID and SWIID are convenient and...

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World income inequality databases : an assessment of WIID and SWIID

Jenkins, Stephen - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409796

Pareto Models, Top Incomes, and Recent Trends in UK Income Inequality

Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985277