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The effects of remittances on poverty and inequality: Evidence from rural southern Morocco
Miftah, Amal; Bouoiyour, Jamal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772256
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Macroeconomic adjustment, socio-demographic change, and the evolution of income distribution in Côte d’Ivoire. A decomposition by microsimulation
Grimm, Michael - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001
This paper proposes a microeconomic decomposition of the evolution of income inequality in Côte d’Ivoire in the 1990s, allowing the in-depth analysis of simultaneous contributions of four types of phenomena to the evolution of the distribution of income:a change in the remuneration rates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707891
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Trade-Induced Changes in Economic Inequality: Assessment Issues and Policy Implications for Developing Countries
Chabe-Ferret, Sylvain; Gourdon, Julien; Marouani, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
The starting point of this paper is given by country situations where trade liberalization is expected to be poverty … and inequality alleviating in the long run while inducing a short run increase in poverty or in inequality. The question … trade policies within a global policy framework so as to enhance growth and reduce poverty and inequality. The method …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074153
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Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours
de Vreyer, Philippe; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Clustering of economic performance and growth in space has generated considerable research on the spillovers and linkages among geographical neighbours. In this paper, we study the growth process of a large sample of Brazilian municipalities for the period 1970-1996 and attempt to evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707128
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Measure and determinants of border effects of Brazilian states
Daumal, Marie; Zignago, Soledad - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
This paper estimates the degree of trade integration between Brazilian states and the magnitude of barriers faced by their exporters in the 1990s. Using the border effects methodology, we show that the Brazilian market remains highly fragmented, although integration is increasing. In 1991 an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707327
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Individual Microcredit and Social Pressure
Jaunaux, Laure; Venet, Baptiste - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
The purpose of this article is to analyse the efficiency of the repayment incentive mechanisms used for individual microcredit, the guarantor mechanism in particular. Little academic research has been devoted to this instrument whereas it is very frequently used. Churchill (1999) notably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707358
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Fiscal Federalism and Trade Integration: the Case of the Brazilian VAT
Siroën, Jean-Marc; Brami Celentano, Alexandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
globalization, Brazil qualifies the universality of this process, at least in matter of fiscal federalism. In the paper, we firstly … two fiscal system –VAT in EU and ICMS in Brazil- is the "rule of origin" prominent in intra-Brazilian trade vs the "rule …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707693
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Earnings inequalities and educational mobility in Brazil over two decades
Gignoux, Jérémie; Cogneau, Denis - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
inequalities in Brazil over two decades (1976-96). Using four editions of the nationally representative PNAD survey, we analyze the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707705
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Border Effects of Brazilian States
Daumal, Marie; Zignago, Soledad - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
We estimate the degree of trade integration among Brazilian states and calculate the magnitude of the Brazilian states' engagement in international trade in the years 1991, 1997, 1998 and 1999 using the methodology of border effects. We show that the Brazilian market is rather highly fragmented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708591
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Evaluation de l’impact sur les ménages de la hausse du tarif de l’eau à Manaus (Brésil)
Olivier, Anne - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
Increasing block tariffs seek a cross-subsidy mechanism between the water network users, based on the common assumption of weak water price elasticity. In Manaus, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas where most of the 1.6 million dwellers are supplied through the municipal water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071849