Join the network
13 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...
Filter by...
Working Paper
Assessment of institutional set-up of results measurement and reporting systems for non-sovereign operations in development finance institutionsDevelopment finance institutions (DFIs) foster sustainable development through financing, advisory services, and technical assistance...
Development finance Development effectiveness InstitutionsJournal Article
Does the depth of informality influence welfare in urban sub-Saharan Africa?THIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | We explore the relationship between household welfare and informality, measuring household informality as the share of members’ activities (hours worked or income) without social insurance...
Informality Measurement PovertyWorking Paper
Ethnic dominance and exclusion: Unpacking cross-national dataIt is widely accepted that the distribution of power between ethnic groups within a country plays a key role in major social, political, and economic outcomes...
Exclusion Ethnicity DataBook Chapter
Rethinking occupational mobility in developing countries: Conceptual issues and empirical findingsFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Absolute mobility Relative mobility MeasurementBook Chapter
Social mobility in developing countries: Measurement and downward mobility pitfallsFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Intergenerational Mobility Measurement Developing countriesBlog
Better measures of informality can improve poverty reduction policy
In a recent study , my co-authors and I propose a new way to measure informality by household, rather than by individual worker...
Informality Labour rights Labour market outcomesBook Chapter
What might explain today’s conflicting narratives on global inequality?From the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Global inequality Measurement Household surveyWorking Paper
Welfare and the depth of informality: Evidence from five African countriesThis study explores the relationship between household poverty and depth of informality by proposing a new measure of informality at the household level...
Informality Measurement PovertyWorking Paper
Can ‘good’ social mobility news be ‘bad’ and vice versa?: Measurement (and downward mobility) pitfallsLimited attention has been paid to how well social mobility measures debated and used to study industrial countries perform in analysis of low-income settings...
Intergenerational Mobility Measurement Developing countriesWorking Paper
Occupational mobility in developing countries: Conceptual issues and empirical findingsThis paper discusses current methods for measuring and analysing occupational mobility, and the way in which methods designed for the analysis of developing countries may need to be modified when applied in other contexts...
Absolute mobility Relative mobility MeasurementWorking 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 surveyConference
Inequality - Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies
Project
World inequalityTheme: Inclusion
The purpose of this project is to advance data collection, measurement, and research regarding the development of inequality in the world. A major focus in this research area is the maintenance, updating, and development of the World Income...
Global inequality Database Measurement