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New imputation procedures in the measurement of inequality, growth, and poverty in Brazil
Hecksher, Marcos; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Silva, Pedro … - 2018
This paper develops a new imputation methodology applied to missing incomes values in PNAD. PNAD is the main Brazilian household survey, but it has no imputation. The imputation process starts by fitting regression models applied to different income sources considering the complex sampling...
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Differences in inequality measurement: Ghana case study
Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023
Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently … extent to which estimates of Gini coefficients from the WIID Companion are consistent with and add to the prevailing … understanding of inequality in Ghana. To this end, we review the primary source of data for the three main Gini series on Ghana …
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Comparing the poverty-reduction efficiency of targeted versus universal benefits amid crises
Shahir, Adnan; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2023
This study evaluates which type of benefit-a universal benefit, a proxy mean-tested benefit, or a categorical benefit- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by...
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Ungrouping income distributions: Synthesising samples for inequality and poverty analysis
Shorrocks, Anthony; Wan, Guanghua - 2008
counterparts, then by comparing the true and generated values of the Gini coefficient and other inequality indices. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284587
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A new inequality estimate for urban India? Using house prices to estimate inequality in Mumbai
Rongen, Gerton - 2018
combining survey data with house price data. However, application of this method does not indicate that the survey-based Gini …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146478
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Horizontal inequality in education and wealth in Tanzania: A 20-year perspective
Maliti, Emmanuel - 2016
This study uses five series of demographic and health surveys to answer the question: 'Is horizontal inequality in education and wealth increasing or decreasing in the 20-year interval between 1991 and 2010?'. Horizontal inequality in education attainment has been moving in waves; however, there...
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Changes in inequality within countries after 1990
Gradín, Carlos - 2020
witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424103
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The inequality we want: How much is too much?
Krozer, Alice - 2015
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/10011418625
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Impact of education on inequality across the wage distribution profile in Cameroon: 2005-10
Baye, Francis Menjo - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education increased monotonically. Yet incremental returns were...
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Global interpersonal inequality: Trends and measurement
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Roope, Laurence; Tarp, Finn - 2014
This paper discusses different approaches to the measurement of global interpersonal in equality. Trends in global interpersonal inequality during 1975-2005 are measured using data from UNU-WIDER's World Income Inequality Database. In order to better understand the trends, global interpersonal...
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