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On the Rank-Rank Model of Intergenerational Mobility: Pitfalls for Policy Evaluation

Ahsan, Md Nazmul; Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad - 2024

We analyze the challenges in adopting the rank-rank model of intergenerational mobility for policy evaluation. For rank-based analysis of intergenerational mobility, it is standard to calculate cohort-specific ranks from the national distribution, but separately for children's and parents'...

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Education, income, and the distribution of happiness

Owen, Ann; Phillips, Anne - 2013

income, education, and life satisfaction groups changes with the average life satisfaction of the state. We find that the … results indicate that directed policies aimed at increasing the income of the poor or education levels of the least educated …

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The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach

Alejo, Javier; Gabrielli, Florencia; Sosa Escudero, Walter - 2011

We use recent unconditional quantile regression methods (UQR) to study the distributive eects of education in Argentina … exibility and usefulness of UQR methods. Our application for the case of Argentina shows that education contributed positively … to increased inequality in Argentina, mostly due to the effect of strongly heterogeneous effects of education on earnings. …

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An Impact Evaluation of Digital Cash Transfers Scheme on Income Poverty in Nigeria

Nwaobi, Godwin - 2023

Just as the African economy is confronting its sharpest reversal in a generation; Nigeria is currently faced with perhaps the most challenging economic downturn (amidst fuel subsidy removal) in its history. Thus, social protection programmes in the form of social cash transfers to vulnerable...

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Has the level of achieved education affected the income of Czech households

Birčiaková, Naďa; Antošová, Veronika; Stávková, Jana - 2013

This paper deals with an analysis of the effects of education on the income of Czech households from 2006-2010. EU … possible to make comparison between countries. Households are divided into five categories according to the education attained … education coefficient. Households at risk of poverty are also taken into account. Income inequality is measured by way of the …

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A Persistente Desigualdade nas Grandes Cidades Brasileiras: o Caso de Brasília

Ferreira Lima, Luis Cristovao - 2013

differences on the education attainment of the population had an effect of reducing the inequality, the policy of paying better …

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The Persistent Inequality in the Great Brazilian Cities: The Case of Brasília

Ferreira Lima, Luis Cristovao - 2013

differences on the education attainment of the population had an effect of reducing the inequality, the policy of paying better …

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The Multi-dimensions of Aporophobia

Comim, Flavio; Borsi, Mihály Tamás; Valerio Mendoza, … - 2020

This paper offers the first analytical framework to tackle the concept of aporophobia (rejection of the poor), as introduced by Cortina's ground-breaking work. It can be considered a first step towards a fully-fledged theory of aporophobia. More specifically, i) it provides a conceptual analysis...

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Le sort des migrants africains en Inde : L'Afrophobie entrave la course de l'Inde aux ressources et aux marchés de l'Afrique

Kohnert, Dirk - 2021

Africa and India share a long history of trade, investment and slavery. The Portuguese alone brought up to 80,000 slaves from Mozambique to India since the 16th century. Unlike slaves in other parts of the world, African slaves, soldiers, and traders had a strong military and cultural influence...

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Comparative Review of the Human Capital Development Journeys of Vietnam and Sri Lanka

Amarasekara, Chandranath; Venuganan, Poongothai - 2021

Since its independence, Sri Lanka has been lauded by researchers and policymakers for its human capital outcomes and has consistently been ahead of its regional peers. On the other hand, Vietnam continued to struggle with conflicts and other economic bottlenecks which hindered the development of...

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