Reassessing the econometric measurement of inequality and poverty

The econometric measurement of inequality and poverty in advanced capitalist economies has been preoccupied with aggregate measures of ...

The econometric measurement of inequality and poverty in advanced capitalist economies has been preoccupied with aggregate measures of relative deprivation, ...

Reassessing the econometric measurement of inequality and ...

Using the case of Hong Kong, this article demonstrates the limitations of relative measures: the Gini Index masks social mobility and the relative poverty line ...

Reassessing the econometric measurement of inequality and poverty

Using the case of Hong Kong, this article demonstrates the limitations of relative measures: the Gini Index masks social mobility and the ...

Reassessing the econometric measurement of inequality and ...

Using the case of Hong Kong, this article demonstrates the limitations of relative measures: the Gini Index masks social mobility and the relative poverty line ...

A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth

20⒛ Inequality, poverty and economic growth. International. Economics 161 ... 200⒏ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Measurement Issues using Income.

A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth

Inequality, Economic Growth and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa ... Education, Economic Growth and Measured Income Inequality. Economica 74 ...

The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution: An Econometric Analysis

Improving the measurement of poverty. Discussion Paper No. 2008-17 ... Reassessing the facts about inequality, poverty, and redistribution. Policy.

[PDF] Is 'More' Enough?: Reassessing the Impact of Growth on ...

... Reassessing the Impact of Growth on Inequality and Poverty ... inequality and economic growth has used inequality data that are not consistently measured.

A Reassessment of the Relationship between Inequality and Growth

their determinants is necessary. I. Improved Inequality Statistics and Panel Estimation. Previous work measuring how inequality is related to economic growth ...

Revisiting the Income Inequality-Crime Puzzle - ScienceDirect.com

Bourguignon (2000) used the same measure, the so-called relative poverty “shortfall”. These theories favour the use of bottom-weight measures of inequality.

Inequality and Poverty Analysis - World Bank Documents and Reports

inequality and poverty measurement is expected to change in the near future. ... An Econometric Approach with an Application to Poverty Measurement in Ethiopia.

Assessing the Relationship between Poverty and Economic Growth

We found a negative impact of poverty and we reassess the hypothesis's emphasis on inequality and poverty and their combining effect of ...

Macroeconomic Policy and Poverty Reduction

Economic growth is the single most important factor influencing poverty. Numerous statistical studies have found a strong association between national per ...

Revisiting the Debate on Inequality and Economic Development

One side focuses on the distribution of the benefits of development and the capacity of development to effectively reduce poverty. The other side focuses on how ...

A Reassessment of the Relationship between Inequality and Growth

It uses an improved data set on income inequality, which not only reduces measurement error, but also allows estimation via a panel technique. Panel estimation ...

Income inequality measures and economic growth channels

This paper shows that the choice of inequality measure has a first-order impact on estimated empirical relationships.

Bottom incomes and the measurement of poverty and inequality

Incomes in surveys suffer from various measurement problems, most notably in the tails of their distributions. We study the prevalence of negative and zero ...

Growth, inequality and poverty: a robust relationship?

The resulting educational inequality is also growth-deterring (Galor and Moav 2004). Institutional arrangements that place economic ...

Why Measure Inequality? Louis Kaplow Working Paper 9342

On the measurement of inequality. Journal of Economic Theory 2, 244-. 263. Atkinson, A.B. 1987. On the measurement of poverty. Econometrica 55, 749- ...