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influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for … measures of urban income inequality. Significant differences between migrants and local residents are found for non …
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The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468120
inequality in their home country until recently, especially in Haiti. The known amount of remittances sent to Haiti by the … paper, we provide some elements that can help understand what are the consequences of these gifts on poverty and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107325
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959810
inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822808
influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for … measures of urban income inequality. Significant differences between migrants and local residents are found for non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470356
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423766
increase in inequality in the case of Kosovo. We further demonstrate that – although poverty reduction effects are stronger in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261559
prosperity using 'inequality lines'. Analogous to poverty lines but focused on inequality, inequality lines are benchmark incomes …. Income increases below the inequality line decrease inequality; income increases above the line increase inequality. In … contrast to the B40 approach and all conventional poverty lines, inequality lines arise naturally: their location in the income …
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Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was estimated in the past literature are the motivation for our … research. First, we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then explore how changes in …
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