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The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities: evidence from India

Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - 2009

state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …

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Is caste destiny? Occupational diversification among dalits in rural India

Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-su - 2012

The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

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Analysing the effects of tax benefit reforms on income distribution: a decomposition approach

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - 2007

To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...

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Economic well-being and poverty among the elderly: an analysis based on a collective consumption model

Cherchye, Laurens; de Rock, Bram; Vermeulen, Frederic - 2008

We apply the collective consumption model of Browning, Chiappori and Lewbel (2006) to analyse economic well-being and poverty among the elderly. The model focuses on individual preferences, a consumption technology that captures the economies of scale of living in a couple, and a sharing rule...

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Gone with the Storm: Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala

Baez, Javier E.; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Genoni, Maria Eugenia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) – the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept – on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative effects, particularly among urban households. Per...

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Economic Development and the Organisation of Labour: Evidence from the Jobs of the World Project

Bandiera, Oriana; Elsayed, Ahmed; Heil, Anton; Smurra, … - 2022

The Jobs of the World Project is a public resource designed to enable research on jobs and poverty across and within countries over the entire development spectrum. At its core is a new data set assembled by harmonising Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and National Censuses (IPUMS) for all...

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Gone with the Storm: Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala

Baez, Javier E.; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Genoni, Maria Eugenia - 2015

This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) - the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept - on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative effects, particularly among urban households. Per capita...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500291

The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation

Heshmati, Almas - 2004

This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate the level of globalisation and show how globalisation has developed over time for different...

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The social impact of globalization in the developing countries

Lee, Eddy; Vivarelli, Marco - 2006

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI …

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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries

Corak, Miles - 2005

This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...

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