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Comparing the poverty-reduction efficiency of targeted versus universal benefits amid crises
Shahir, Adnan; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2023
and a hypothetical agricultural shock, in a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia. The results suggest that while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477524
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Poverty and welfare measurement on the basis of prospect theory
Jäntti, Markus; Kanbur, Ravi; Nyyssölä, Milla; … - 2012
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319772
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Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect Theory
Pirttila, Jukka - 2014
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047840
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Promoting education under distortionary taxation: Equality of opportunity versus welfarism
Haaparanta, Pertti; Kanbur, Ravi; Paukkeri, Tuuli; … - 2019
How does the public provision of education and the deployment of distortionary tax and subsidy instruments differ when the government's objective is conventional welfarist compared to when the objective is the non-welfarist one of equality of opportunity? This paper develops a framework in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146507