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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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impacts of agricultural policy and structural reforms on income distribution and poverty in Brazil, considering not only the … income distribution and poverty levels within those countries.The objective of this study is to produce an estimate of the …
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assessment of socioeconomic convergence in terms of critical indicators of economic inequality, poverty ratios, literacy rate and … conditional β-convergence has been evident in case of per capita SNDP and poverty ratios. β-convergence estimates for the recent … period (post-2001) show, a divergence in per capita SNDP and poverty ratios but convergence in literacy rates and HDI. Kernel …
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presenting some background information on the rise of soybean cultivation in Brazil we examine the relationship between increases … and may reduce poverty. However, we also note that this increase is associated with increased measures of inequality, and …
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controversies. One particular concern is that Brazil, a major agricultural exporter and a country with one of the world’s most …’s smallholders. This claim is explored via a global general equilibrium model and a national model of Brazil containing multiple … agricultural and non-agricultural households. Brazil is found to account for nearly one-half of all the benefits to developing …
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This article investigates the relationships among economic growth, income distribution and poverty in Brazil during the … variations in the poverty indicators and the main components that answer for this variation - decomposition model;another that … simulates the effects of the variation of the income and the concentration indicators on the poverty level - model of elasticity …
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This module illustrates how Generalised Lorenz (GL) Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds, within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options, in many of the cases where ordinary Lorenz curves fail to work After...
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This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality measurement. A short conceptual background, a step-by-step procedure and a simple numerical example illustrate how to calculate and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz...
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This paper illustrates how Crossing Generalised Lorenz (GL) curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. It starts by illustrating two alternative income distributions...
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