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The Capability Threshold: Re-examining the Definition of the Middle Class in an Unequal Developing Country
Burger, Ronelle; McAravey, Camren; van der Berg, Servaas - 2015
only slightly and this is attributed to sluggish labour market growth and low quality of education. We find that the middle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401798
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A Comparison of the Poverty Impact of Transfers, Taxes and Market Income across Five OECD Countries
Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries. Since the estimation of that impact can depend on the order in which the various income sources are introduced into the analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822546
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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk - 2014
growth. Developed countries have experienced the critical challenges and trade-off between their generous welfares provisions … and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting … their policy direction toward more inclusive growth where most members are transforming themselves from a low-income country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352313
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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
growth. Developed countries have experienced the critical challenges and trade-off between their generous welfares provisions … and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting … their policy direction toward more inclusive growth where most members are transforming themselves from a low-income country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884285
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Economic Mobility and Fairness in a Developing Country: Evidence from Peru
Castro, Juan Francisco; Yamada, Gustavo; Medina, Santiago; … - 2023
Periods of rapid economic growth in developing countries have been well studied in terms of poverty and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469414
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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262015
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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703204
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Redistribution and Insurance in Welfare States around the World
Bartels, Charlotte; Neumann, Dirk - 2020
Redistribution across individuals in a one-year-period framework is an empirically intensely studied question. However, a substantial share of annual redistribution might turn out to serve individual insurance in a longer perspective, reducing the level of actual redistribution across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322474
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On a Transformation of the Gini Coefficient into a Well-Behaved Social Welfare Function
Stark, Oded - 2025
Following Sen's (1973) characterization of the Gini coefficient as a ratio between a measure of aggregate income-based stress ("depression" in Sen's terminology) and aggregate income, we transform the Gini coefficient into a social welfare function rather than having the Gini coefficient feature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015338973
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Improving Parental Investments in Children: Experimental Evidence from The Gambia
Blimpo, Moussa; Carneiro, Pedro; Jervis Ortiz, Pamela; … - 2024
investments in children in terms of resources and time. Child language development improved for well-off parents or parents in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015061902