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Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005
Milanovic, Branko; Ersado, Lire - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of the economies. The analysis shows … (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for the pro-inequality effect; small-scale privatization … spending as share of gross domestic income reduces inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141840
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Lessons from World Bank Research on Financial Crises
Research Group, Development - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
The benefits of financial development and globalization have come with continuing fragility in financial sectors. Periodic crises have had real but heterogeneous welfare impacts and not just for poor people; indeed, some of the conditions that foster deep and persistent poverty, such as lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133759
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A Curse of Comparison? Evidence on Reference Groups for Relative Income Concerns
Kuegler, Alice - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133487
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The Developing World's Bulging (but Vulnerable) "Middle Class"
Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line of developing countries, but are still poor by US standards. The "Western middle class" is defined as those who are not poor by US standards. Although barely 80 million people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141919
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Can Maquila Booms Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Honduras
E. de Hoyos, de Hoyos, Rafael E.; Bussolo, Maurizio; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141430
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Global inequality recalculated : the effect of new 2005 PPP estimates on global inequality
Milanovic, Branko - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
. Inequality between global citizens is estimated at 70 Gini points rather than 65 as before. The richest decile receives 57 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512546
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Measuring inequality from top to bottom
Bazan, Diaz; Valeria, Tania - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
This paper presents a new methodology to measure inequality that optimally combines household survey information and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252713
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No condition is permanent : middle class in Nigeria in the last decade
Rodas, Corral; Andres, Paul; Molini, Vasco; Oseni, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
The economic debate on existence and definition of the middle class has become particularly lively in many developing countries. Despite this growing interest, the identification of the middle class group in these countries remains quite challenging. Building on a recently developed framework to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011202210
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Equality of opportunity : theory and evidence
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, Vito - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
and Public Policy -- provides a critical review of the economic literature on equality and inequality of opportunity. A … principle are presented, and the tensions between them are discussed. Different approaches to the measurement of inequality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206983
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Was growth in Egypt between 2005 and 2008 pro-poor ? from static to dynamic poverty profile
Marotta, Daniela; Yemtsov, Ruslan; El-Laithy, Heba; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
This paper presents a detailed picture of how sustained growth in Egypt over 2005-2008 affected different groups both above and below the poverty line. This analysis, based on the Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Panel Survey conducted by Egypt’s national statistical agency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861966