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resources in the analysis of poverty. Most empirical studies of poverty, however, assume an equal sharing of resources between …, only limited attention has been directed towards addressing how sharing assumptions can be incorporated into poverty … female adults and between adults and children affects the incidence and intensity of poverty. The method is consistent with …
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power to that when totally unemployed, we establish the appropriate cut-off point for the poverty trap and upper rate …
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in alleviating poverty, while saving at very low rates and neglecting investment in health and education. Such … consumption patterns seem to be related to the persistence of poverty. We offer an explanation for this observation, based on a … can help explain the persistence of poverty. …
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important since democracy is, on the whole, for specified reasons likely to enhance poverty reduction. …
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This paper traces the links from trade shocks to poverty in developing countries. It considers the determinants of … household and individual welfare (including potential differences between household members) and then identifies six trade-to-poverty …
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This paper uses survey data from 13 countries to document the economic lives of the poor (those living on less than $2 dollar per day per capita at purchasing power parity) or the extremely poor (those living on less than $1 dollar per day). We describe their patterns of consumption and income...
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This Paper studies growth and inequality in China and India – two economies that account for a third of the world’s population. By modelling growth and inequality as components in a joint stochastic process, the Paper calibrates the impact each has no different welfare indicators and on the...
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rise in income inequality. Poverty has increased sharply with an estimated 18.5% of the population on incomes below the …
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extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …
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