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India today is achieving per capita growth rates that are historically unprecedented. Poverty reduction has also accelerated. There is concern, however, that this growth is being accompanied by rising inequality. We report on a research project that examines inequality trends and dynamics at the...
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India today is achieving per capita growth rates that are historically unprecedented. Poverty reduction has also accelerated. There is concern, however, that this growth is being accompanied by rising inequality. We report on a research project that examines inequality trends and dynamics at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966578
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In diesem Beitrag wird der obere Rand der Einkommens- und Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) analysiert. In Anlehnung an das von Sen (1976) für die Armutsmessung vorgeschlagene Vorgehen werden zunächst unterschiedliche Schwellenwerte definiert,...
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In diesem Beitrag wird der obere Rand der Einkommens‐ und Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland mit Daten des Sozio‐oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) analysiert. In Anlehnung an das von Sen (1976) für die Armutsmessung vorgeschlagene Vorgehen werden zunächst unterschiedliche Schwellenwerte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192074
This paper applies econometric estimation methods to improve the level of precision and detail in the measurement of welfare in Mexico, and specifically to estimate household incomes. As is the case in other countries, Mexico has had, on the one hand, household surveys that provide high...
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In this paper we analyze the upper edge of income and wealth distribution in Germany with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). According to Sen´s (1976) recommendation for the poverty measurement, we first define different thresholds above which a person belongs to the rich part...
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In diesem Beitrag wird der obere Rand der Einkommens· und Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland mit Daten des Sozio·oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) analysiert. In Anlehnung an das von Sen (1976) für die Armutsmessung vorgeschlagene Vorgehen werden zunächst unterschiedliche Schwellenwerte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185780
The purpose of this essay is to outline the evolution of inequality in the post-World War II period and the causes shaping that evolution.  The starting proposition of the essay is that both inequality and the social tolerance of inequality have substantially increased almost everywhere over...
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Generalmente, el análisis de la convergencia entre países o regiones se suele llevar a cabo comparando el valor medio de las distribuciones de determinadas variables, como el PIB o la renta disponible expresadas en términos per capita. Sin embargo, este tipo de estudios, directamente...
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