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What might explain today’s conflicting narratives on global inequality?From the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Global inequality Measurement Household surveySeminar
Serena Merrino on wage inequality under inflation-targeting in South Africa
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Findings from a new study on poverty and consumption featured in the national newsA UNU-WIDER Working Paper ‘Simulating the effect on households’ real consumption and poverty of the increase in prices that followed the 2015–16 economic crisis in Mozambique’, published in 2018, has been featured in one the leading national...
Poverty and consumption Simulation study Household surveyWorking Paper
Income redistribution in Latin America: A microsimulation approachWe analyse the effect of taxes and benefits on income distribution of six Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Taxes Benefits Microsimulation modellingWorking Paper
A new inequality estimate for urban India?: Using house prices to estimate inequality in MumbaiThis paper applies a novel inequality estimation method to household consumption expenditure in Mumbai, India...
House prices Household consumption Household surveyWorking Paper
What might explain today’s conflicting narratives on global inequality?How unequal is the world today? Is global income inequality falling, as many economists claim, or is it rising, as one often hears? This paper reviews the arguments and evidence...
Global inequality Measurement Household surveyWorking Paper
Multidimensional poverty in Vietnam: Evidence from a rural household surveyFor years, the international development community has been considering poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon, which takes into account not only income or consumption of the poor, but also their access to basic needs (education, health, etc.) and ...
Multidimensional poverty Poverty analysis Household surveyReport
Characteristics of the Vietnamese rural economy (in Vietnamese): Evidence from a 2016 rural household survey in 12 provinces of Viet NamTiếp nối sự thành công của chương trình cải cách Đổi mới, Việt Nam đã gặt hái được rất nhiều thành tựu kinh tế về tăng trưởng và giảm nghèo, Việt nam đã phát triển nhanh hơn ...
Agriculture Household survey Rural developmentReport
Characteristics of the Vietnamese rural economy: Evidence from a 2016 rural household survey in 12 provinces of Viet NamFollowing the successful implementation of the Doi Moi reform programme, Viet Nam has experienced outstanding economic progress, for example in aggregate output and poverty reduction...
Agriculture Household survey Rural developmentWorking Paper
Is inequality underestimated in Mozambique?: Accounting for underreported consumptionHousehold budget surveys in sub-Saharan Africa are designed to facilitate poverty measurement and may fail to fully capture consumption in wealthy households. As a result, inequality is likely underestimated...
Consumption underreporting Household survey InequalityPolicy Brief
Book Chapter
The Fall of the Elephant: Two Decades of Poverty Increase in Côte d'Ivoire, 1988-2008From the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Household survey Poverty measurement Welfare economicsWorking Paper
The recent evolution of consumption poverty in RwandaThis paper analyses the evolution of consumption poverty in Rwanda between 2001/1 and 2010/11, using three comparable good quality household surveys analysed along with detailed price data. Rwanda achieved impressive growth over this period...
Household survey Poverty PricesWorking Paper
Tax-benefit microsimulation in Ethiopia: A feasibility studyThe purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of building a microsimulation model of the Ethiopian tax and benefits system. We first provide a detailed description of the tax and benefits system of the country...
Household survey Microeconomics TaxationWorking Paper
Land issues in Vietnam 2006–14: Markets, property rights, and investmentThis paper uses five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to analyse land issues in Vietnam from a number of different angles...
Household survey Households Land tenure