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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis : Chapter 5 – the Alkire-Foster Counting Methodology

Alkire, Sabina - 2015

present a case study using the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in the sixth section. The final section presents …

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An Effective Method for Analyzing Regional and Universal Poverty and Inequality with Only a Few Quantiles

Mora-Arce, Ignaio - 2019

For most countries and years, only a few quantiles of the income distribution are available. While from this limited information, it is already a challenge to derive interesting parameter like inequality or poverty for the individual countries this becomes even more involved if one wants to...

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A Theory of Poverty : Legal Immobility

Greene, Sara Sternberg - 2019

, particularly state and local law, in perpetuating poverty is largely ignored. This Article offers a new theory of poverty, one that …), the Article offers a three-prong theory to help understand the distinct pathways through which individual laws that … framework provides a guide for future work to build on legal immobility theory. By bringing to light the cumulative effects of …

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Equivalence Scales Based on Revealed Preference Consumption Expenditure Microdata - The Case of West Germany Zu Lüneburg

Merz, Joachim - 2009

Equivalence scales are a prerequisite for any economic well-being comparison with measures on income distribution, inequality and poverty. This paper provides equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata for West Germany 1983. It is a part of a joint US and German...

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Equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption expenditure microdata : the case of West Germany

Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - 1992

Einkommensverteilung, zur Ungleichheit und zur Armut. Das vorliegende Diskussionspapier stellt Äquivalenzskalen auf der Basis von Konsum …. -- Alternative Äquivalenzskalen ; Deutschland ; USA ; Einkommensverteilung ; Ungleichheit ; Armut …

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Another mere addition paradox? : some reflections on variable population poverty measurement

Hassoun, Nicole - 2010

quite simple. The headcount index (H), for instance, measures the number of poor people as a percentage of the total … population. The poverty gap index for the whole population (I) takes the total aggregate shortfall from the poverty line divided … complicated alternatives including Sen's index, the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon (SST) index, and the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) index …

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Regional income distribution in the European Union : a parametric approach

Spasova, Tsvetana - 2019

This work studies trends in income distributions and inequality in the European Union using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. We model the income distribution for each country under a Dagum distribution assumption and using maximum likelihood techniques. We...

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Malaysian Development Experience:Lessons for Developing Countries

Zin, Ragayah Haji Mat - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 6 (2014) 1, pp. 17-56

This paper describes the policies pursued by Malaysia in her attempt to attain growth with equity, which she has achieved relatively well. These include education provision and employment creation, export-oriented industrialisation, rural development, and restructuring equity ownership and asset...

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The Role of Education and Income in Poverty Alleviation: A Cross-Country Analysis

Janjua, Pervez Zammurad; Kamal, Usman Ahmad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 16 (2011) 1, pp. 143-172

The existing literature on education and poverty considers mostly primary data from an income point of view. However, the benefits of education vary from a direct income effect to positive externalities, which can help reduce poverty. This paper uses panel data for 40 developing countries for...

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Desigualdad, movilidad, pobreza: necesidad de una política diferente

Claudio, Sapelli - In: Estudios Públicos (2014) 134, pp. 59-84

In Chile, income is distributed on a substantially more equitable basis among younger generations than older generations. There is a greater social mobility and less poverty in the younger generations. The overall trends "are going well," but social policy has not been adapted to this new...

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