The subsistence line, defined as the lowest possible income that can sustain a population, depends on several factors that vary between populations. For simplicity, however, the line is typically assigned a fixed dollar value, so that it represents subsistence under average conditions. We...

The hypothesis is that Pareto and Kaldor-Hicks Efficiency have an aspect of sustainability in relation to inequality. The analysis finds efficient situations reached increasing inequality as diminishing in the long term effective demand in a larger measure than counterbalancing increases thanks...

Economic policies are often judged by a handful of statistics, some of which may be biased during periods of change. We estimate the income growth implied by the evolution of food demand and durable good ownership in post-reform Brazil and Mexico, and find that changes in consumption patterns...

This paper expands on our understanding of the lights-income relationship by linking the newest generation of nighttime satellite images derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometry Suite, VIIRS, to nationwide, panel data on population and income from 2012-2018 for both Brazil and the...

This paper links the newest generation of nighttime satellite images, which offer a resolution 45 times higher than the previous generation, to nationwide administrative panel-data on population and income from the United States and Brazil for the years 2012-2019. Using this fine-grained data, I...

This paper links the newest generation of nighttime satellite images, which offer a resolution 45 times higher than the previous generation, to nationwide administrative panel-data on population and income from the United States and Brazil for the years 2012-2019. Using this fine-grained data, I...

This paper links the newest generation of nighttime satellite images, which offer a resolution 45 times higher than the previous generation, to nationwide administrative panel-data on population and income from the United States and Brazil for the years 2012-2020. Using this fine-grained data, I...

The last decades have seen a flourishing of new indicators to measure economic progress, but none of them has succeded in replacing GDP. Why? The article reviews what are arguably the three most successful alternatives to GDP (the Human Development Index, the Genuine Progress Indica-tor, and the...

Resurgent India is a multi – dimensional concept. Economic interpretation is just one aspect of its multi – dimensionality. This paper seeks to analyze the concept of resurgence in the context of India’s economic growth and try to understand the source thereof.

Resurgent India is a multi – dimensional concept. Economic interpretation is just one aspect of its multi – dimensionality. This paper seeks to analyze the concept of resurgence in the context of India’s economic growth and try to understand the source thereof.