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Sources of Regional Income Disparity in Rural Vietnam: Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition
Takahashi, Kazushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
This paper investigates determinants of regional income disparity in rural Vietnam, with special emphasis placed on the roles of human capital and land. We apply a decomposition method, suggested by Oaxaca and Blinder. We found that returns to assets rather than endowments, especially those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744761
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Poverty Analysis of Ethiopian Females in the Amhara Region: Utilizing BMI as an Indicator of Poverty
Kodama, Yuka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
This paper analyzes poverty-affected females in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. As the measurement of poverty, the paper uses body mass index (BMI) because it is one of the effective tools for measuring individual poverty level. The results of the BMI analysis show that the most poverty-affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816499
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The emission reduction effect and economic impact of an energy tax vs. a carbon tax in China : a dynamic CGE model analysis
Zou, Lele; Xue, Jinjun; Fox, Alan; Meng, Bo; Shibata, … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Chinese government commits to reach its peak carbon emissions before 2030, which requires China to implement new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268113
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Economic Reforms and Income Inequality in Urban China
Okushima, Shinichiro; Uchimura, Hiroko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
This paper reports the results of an analysis of changes in income inequality, and in its determinants, in urban China … into China after the reforms. However, this will be problematic without equality of opportunity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227594
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Changes in the causes of earnings inequality in urban China from 1988 to 2002
Asuyama, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
This paper analyzes the causes of earnings inequality in urban China from 1988 to 2002. Earnings inequality in urban … China continuously increased, even when adjusting for regional price differences. This paper reveals how the causes of … China. Contrary to the situation from 1988 to 1995, between 1995 and 2002, employment status became the largest disequalizer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222475
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The contribution of supply and demand shifts to earnings inequality in urban China
Asuyama, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
inequality increase in urban China from 1988 to 2002. Product demand shift contributed to an equalizing of earnings distribution … in urban China from 1988 to 1995 by increasing the relative product for the low educated. However, it contributed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222491
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Influence of Social Institutions on Inequality in China
Uchimura, Hiroko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
system, on income inequality in China. This study uses an inequality decomposition analysis approach comparing household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534128
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Migration and Wellbeing at the Lower Echelons of the Economy: A Study of Delhi Slums
Mitra, Arup; Tsujita, Yuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
This paper based on a primary survey of households (2004-05) in the slum clusters of Delhi examines whether migrants are likely to experience upward mobility in their place of destination or alternatively, if they merely transfer their poverty from rural areas to large cities. First, a simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744788
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Human Capital Investment and Poverty Reduction over Generations: A Case from the Rural Philippines, 1979-2003
Takahashi, Kazushi; Otsuka, Keijiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
This paper attempts to identify a pathway out of poverty over generations in the rural Philippines, based on long-term panel data spanning for nearly a quarter of a century. Specifically, it sequentially examines the determinants of schooling, subsequent occupational choices, and current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744807
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Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction under Mubarak's Program
Yamada, Toshikazu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
This paper describes and analyzes the major features of economic development and poverty reduction in Egypt during its transition to a market Economy. It focuses on the changes in the situation of poverty and economic policies pursued as remedies by the government of Egypt and the ruling NDP....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534142