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Verme, Paolo - 2017

such empirical heterogeneity. Using a very large sample of world citizens, the author tests the consistency of income … life satisfaction. This result is robust to changes in regressors and estimation choices and also persists across different …

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Labor Mobility, Economic Shocks, and Jobless Growth : Evidence from Panel Data in Morocco

Verme, Paolo - 2017

During the past 20 years, Morocco has implemented a wide range of macroeconomic, social, and labor market reforms that have delivered in terms of growth of gross domestic product and household welfare. Yet, these positive developments are not reflected by the main labor market indicators, a...

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The Quest for Subsidy Reforms in Libya

Araar, Abdelkrim - 2017

Shortly before the 2011 Libyan revolution, consumers'subsidies were rapidly increased by the regime in an effort to reduce social discontent. In the aftermath of the revolution, these subsidies became important for people's subsistence, but also a very heavy burden for the state budget. Since...

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Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt

Hlasny, Vladimir - 2017

with a low level of income inequality. Moreover, while income inequality shows a decline between 2000 and 2009, the World … of top incomes is not atypical compared with what Pareto had predicted and compared with other countries in the world …. This would suggest that the increased frustration with income inequality voiced by Egyptians and measured by the World …

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A Multiple Correspondence Analysis Approach to the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty in Morocco, 2001-2007

Ezzrari, Abdeljaouad - 2017

The measurement of multidimensional poverty has been advocated by most welfare scholars and is experiencing a growth in interest, partly explained by controversial debates that have emerged across academics and practitioners. This paper follows one of the least explored approaches -- Multiple...

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Constraints to Growth and Job Creation in Low-Income Commonwealth of Independent States Countries

Verme, Paolo - 2016

Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as jobless growth. The author addresses the causes of this phenomenon...

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Reforming Subsidies : A Tool-Kit for Policy Simulations

Araar, Abdelkrim - 2017

The paper provides basic guidelines and tools for simulating subsidy reforms with Stata using a single cross-section survey. Simulations are discussed under a partial equilibrium and medium-term framework using a marginal approach. The paper distinguishes between single priced products, such as...

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