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Elite Dominance and Under-Investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
on development (including education) spending in our sample. This analysis also identifies land reform and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763817
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Agriculture: Transition Buffer or Black Hole? A Three-State Model of Employment Dynamics
Voicu, Alexandru - 2003
We analyze the effect of land reform legislation on labor market dynamics in the Romanian economy. We show that the agricultural sector, a source of precarious employment, has become an absorbing state for certain categories of workers who lost their jobs in the nonagricultural sector. A random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262229
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The impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty
Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Nogueira, José Ricardo; … - 2006
inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276661
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Rising food prices and household welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - 2011
Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278528
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Why Is Poverty So High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap
Gradín, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This study aimed to identify the major factors underlying the large discrepancy in poverty levels between two Brazilian … these characteristics differentially impact on the risk of poverty in each group. A detailed decomposition of both effects … explains a large part of the discrepancy in poverty levels, with education and labor variables of household members explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703759
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The Impact of Brazil’s Tax-Benefit System on Inequality and Poverty
Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Nogueira, José Ricardo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703786
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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021889
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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Swedensince 1990 - a period characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income Survey. The elderly werenot isolated as pensions were cut,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860764
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Determinants of Poverty during Transition:Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine
Brück, Tilman; Danzer, Alexander M.; Muravyev, Alexander; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty inUkraine during transition … various poverty lines... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861147
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Overcrowding in British Cities in 1904
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper presents an analysis of housing conditions amongst the British urban workingclass in 1904, using a re-discovered survey.1 We investigate overcrowding and we find majorregional differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861199