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Equity-regarding poverty measures : differences in needs and the role of equivalence scales
Ebert, Udo - 2008 - rev.
The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881024
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Bottom incomes and the measurement of poverty and inequality
Hlásny, Vladimír; Ceriani, Lidia; Verme, Paolo - 2020
the prevalence of negative and zero incomes, and their implications for inequality and poverty measurement relying on 57 … and zero incomes and assesses the distributional impacts of alternative correction methods on poverty and inequality … materially deprived. Adjusting poverty and inequality measures for these findings can alter these measures significantly. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228751
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Applying augmented survey data to produce more accurate, precise, and internationally comparable estimates of poverty within the 50 United States
Parolin, Zachary - 2017
of American poverty outcomes and a more fruitful integration of the U.S. into comparative research. The augmentations … address three shortcomings in recent poverty research, including (1) severe measurement error in the data from which U ….S. poverty estimates are most often derived, (2) the conceptualizations of poverty adopted within U.S.-centric research, and (3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011687333
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Labour income, social transfers and child poverty
Bradbury, Bruce; Jäntti, Markus; Lindahl, Lena - 2017 - Version: July 2017
This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011687863
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Universal child allowances in 14 middle income countries : options for policy and poverty reduction
Evans, Martin; Hidalgo, Alejandra; Wang, Mei - 2018
children in the income distributions, and to calculate child poverty prevalence, to assess how far children receive transfers … concentrated in the lower quintiles and have higher child poverty prevalence than for adults, but receive lower social protection … both universal and targeted, anti-poverty, outcomes. Different versions of simple static and purely arithmetic micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870167
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Inequality, poverty and child benefits : evidence from a natural experiment
Paradowski, Piotr R.; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna; … - 2020 - This version: July 9, 2020
Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254633
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Differences across place and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020
Equivalence scales are often used to adjust household income for differences in characteristics that affect needs. For example, a family of two is assumed to need more income than a single person, but not double due to economies of scale in consumption. However, in comparing economic well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012165604
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The global consumption and income project (GCIP) : an overview
Lahoti, Rahul; Jayadev, Arjun; Reddy, Sanjay - 2016 - (revised in April 2016)
the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453984
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The Global Consumption and Income Project (GCIP) : an introduction and preliminary findings
Lahoti, Rahul; Jayadev, Arjun; Reddy, Sanjay - 2014 - This Version: October 30th, 2014
consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428804
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A fresh look at an old question : is pro-poor targeting of cash transfers more effective than universal systems at reducing inequality and poverty?
McKnight, Abigail - 2015
This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289926