rains - on economic and social outcomes, using micro-level panel data from rural Ecuador. We employ high-resolution climate … affect income, poverty, and income distribution. Panel data regression models with household fixed effects show that rainfall … shocks reduce per capita income by 9% on average. The income losses are larger for poor than for non-poor households. Two …

This paper presents new evidence on the study of income mobility in Ecuador over the period 2004 - 11. We utilize … distribution, and we find three main empirical results. First, income mobility in Ecuador is low for top incomes: the probability … longitudinal data of individual income tax returns to measure income mobility both at the top and at the middle of the income …

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility to implement a tax and benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador … in Ecuador for year 2014. We then describe available micro datasets, which could be potentially used as input data for …

tax records. ECUAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador, is then used to compare income inequality, total …Top income under-coverage in developing countries not only leads to downward biased inequality indicators but might … employees (e.g. employees affiliated with social security) in survey data from Ecuador based on information from administrative …