Similar Search Results

Equity-regarding poverty measures: Differences in needs and the role of equivalence scales

Ebert, Udo - 2008

The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335402

Relative income distribution in six European countries: Market and disposable income

Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015

The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The outcome of this process entails relevant information about...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335810

Poverty alleviation and the degree of centralisation in European schemes of social assistance

Hölsch, Katja; Kraus, Margit - 2003

reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335445

Informal Transfers in Comparisons of Monetary Welfare and Its Distribution

Cai, Yixia; Evans, Martin - 2017

countries' poverty profiles and inequality levels can be heavily influenced by how such payments are taken into account. This …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725496

The Inequality We Want: How Much Is Too Much?

Krozer, Alice - 2017

A key aspect defining the contemporary income distribution is the (increasing) share the top holds compared to the rest. This paper shows that income concentration increases towards the very top of the distribution, while the shares the middle- and upper-middle-income groups hold remain stable...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725481

Sectoral Trends in Earnings Inequality and Employment : International Trade, Skill-Biased Technological Change, or Labour Market Institutions?

Thewissen, Stefan; Wang, Chen; Vliet, Olaf van - 2013

Current studies addressing the rise in inequality confine themselves to country-level developments. This paper delineates trends in earnings inequality and employment at the sectoral level for eight LIS countries between 1985-2005. Earnings inequality mainly manifests itself within rather than...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155368

A fresh look at an old question: Is pro-poor targeting of cash transfers more effective than universal systems at reducing inequality and poverty?

McKnight, Abigail - 2015

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335815

The Global Consumption and Income Project (GCIP): An Overview

Lahoti, Rahul; Jayadev, Arjun; Reddy, Sanjay G. - 2016

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725447

Applying Augmented Survey Data to Produce More Accurate, Precise, and Internationally Comparable Estimates of Poverty within the 50 United States

Parolin, Zachary - 2017

of American poverty outcomes and a more fruitful integration of the U.S. into comparative research. The augmentations … address three shortcomings in recent poverty research, including (1) severe measurement error in the data from which U ….S. poverty estimates are most often derived, (2) the conceptualizations of poverty adopted within U.S.-centric research, and (3 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725487

Labour income, social transfers and child poverty

Bradbury, Bruce; Jäntti, Markus; Lindahl, Lena - 2017

This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725498