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A decomposition of multidimensional economic well-being : an application to Spanish regions

Díaz Caro, Carlos; Pérez Mayo, Jesús - 2015 - (Early draft version)

The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...

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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom

O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2006

covariates. This is done using data from the 1993 and 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys and a flexible decomposition …

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What explains the rural-urban gap in infant mortality : household or community characteristics?

Van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2007

The rural-urban gap in infant mortality rates is explained using a new decomposition method that permits identification …

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Gender differences in mental well-being : a decomposition analysis

Madden, David - 2008

decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score … arising from the differing effect of principal economic status on men and women. -- GHQ ; decomposition ; path dependence …The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being. A consistent pattern …

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Changes in gender differences in household poverty in Kenya

Ichwara, Jared Masini; Kiriti-Nganga, Tabitha W.; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-27

surveys conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in 2005/06 and 2015/16. An extended Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition …

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Changes in income distribution and the role of tax-benefit policy during the great recession : an international perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear...

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Sometimes, winners lose : economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan

Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014 - Draft Version 1.2

Several post-Soviet states have introduced policies to improve the relative economic, political or social position of formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies - "Kazakhisation" in Kazakhstan - we investigate their impact on the comparative earnings of two directly...

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Sometimes, winners lose : economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan

Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014

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Sometimes, winners lose : economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan

Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014

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Poorest made poorer? : decomposing income losses at the bottom of the income distribution during the Great Recession

Savage, Michael - 2016

the largest proportional anonymous losses in income in the bottom decile between 2007 and 2010, a decomposition is … changes in the composition of the bottom decile (the "movers" effect). An additional decomposition of the resulting change in …

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