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The state of knowledge about social mobility in the developing worldFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Inequality IncomeSeminar
The keynote address at the IRSA 16th Annual Conference — Kunal SenKunal Sen is invited to give the Keynote Address at the 2021 Indonesian Regional Science Association's (IRSA) Annual Conference on 12 July. Professor Sen speaks on the main lessons from UNU-WIDER's project on ' The changing nature of...
Journal Article
Inequality by population groups and income sources: Accounting for inequality changes in Spain during the recessionThe author discusses a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources...
Decomposition Recession Earnings inequalityIn the media
Report on the impact of COVID-19 to Ghana’s labour market hits headlinesA new report from the Transforming informal work and livelihoods project has caught the attention of policy makers and media in Ghana. Researchers from UNU-WIDER and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of...
COVID-19 Informal sector GhanaReport
How COVID-19 is affecting workers and their livelihoods in urban Ghana: Results from the GSPS-COVID panel surveyThis survey is a collaborative project conducted by researchers of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghan...
COVID-19 Survey data EmploymentBook Chapter
China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobilityFrom the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Intergenerational Mobility Equality of opportunity EducationWorking Paper
Estimates of multidimensional poverty for India using NSSO-71 and -75We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014–15 to 2017–18. We use income, health, education, and standard of living to measure the multidimensional poverty index (MPI)...
Multidimensional poverty index Income PovertyWorking Paper
Changes in inequality within countries after 1990In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries since around 1990...
Inequality Income WIIDWorking Paper
China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobilityThe United States and China are the world’s largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world’s economic output...
Intergenerational Mobility Equality of opportunity EducationJournal Article
Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?Despite the growing interest in global inequality, assessing inequality trends is a major challenge because individual data on income or consumption is not often available...
Inequality Income distribution Top incomesWorking Paper
Inequality by population groups and income sources: Accounting for inequality changes in Spain during the recessionI discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources...
Decomposition Recession Earnings inequalityReport
SOUTHMOD country report Ecuador - ECUAMOD v1.4View the latest ECUAMOD country report here . This report documents ECUAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Ecuador...
Taxes Benefits MicrosimulationJournal Article
Agricultural extension, intra-household allocation and malariaCan agricultural development programs improve health-related outcomes? We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of a large-scale agricultural extensionprogram in Uganda to causally identify its effects on malaria...
Administrative law Agriculture Economic developmentJournal Article
Tax-benefit Microsimulation and Income Redistribution in EcuadorPart of Journal Special Issue SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
Income TaxationJournal Article
Commodity Prices and Intra-Household Labor AllocationVolatility in commodity markets poses a distinct risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture...
Households Income Labour supplyReport
SOUTHMOD Country Report Viet Nam - VNMOD v1.0This report documents VNMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Viet Nam. This work was carried out by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in collaboration with KU Leuven and the project partners...
Taxes Benefits Microsimulation