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experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …
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In this paper we apply two statistical models to the measurement of polarization to Israeli income data over the past decade in order to empirically detect income classes as sub-populations of incomes concentrated around an optimal number of poles. The statistical models compared are a...
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In this paper we study income polarization by first comparing the efficiency of two statistical models to identify the number of poles in the income distribution empirically. The statistical models used are a multi-resolution analysis (MRA) and a log-normal approach (LNA). We then apply the...
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the causal relationships between income inequality, poverty and globalisation. Inequality is negatively correlated to … globalisation, and globalisation reduces poverty. …
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countries with respect to poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, the distribution of income between …
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The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing …-specific data are analysed for the US$1.25 and US$2.50 level poverty headcount ratios using the most recent World Bank data. The … study finds that on average income growth has been the major driving force behind both the declines and increases in poverty …
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Das Einkommen ist ein wichtiger Bestimmungsgrund des individuellen Lebensstandards und der Teilhabe am gesellschaftlichen Leben. Mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels wird gezeigt, dass sich die Höhe des Einkommens auch auf die Gesundheit und Lebenserwartung auswirkt. Die Selbsteinschätzung...
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We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are inequity averse and may differ in ability. We show that equality may lead to a reduction of public good provision below levels generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing...
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Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income … investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing poverty and income inequality, and the determinants and conditional … robust evidence that financial inclusion significantly reduces poverty rates and income inequality in developing countries …
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. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional …
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