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Journal Article
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– Analyzing income distribution changes for the case of Mexico
Part of Journal Special Issue
Inequality
Working Paper
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– Anonymous Versus Panel Income Approaches
We reconcile, both theoretically and empirically, changes in inequality with panel income changes over periods of economic growth and decline. We also explore what factors account for the trends of short-run inequality and of inequality in individual average earnings. Finally, we explore what...
Book Chapter
– Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico
From the book:
Insurance Against Poverty
Book Chapter
From the book:
Insurance Against Poverty
Working Paper
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Poor households with little or no wealth are particularly vulnerable to risks that reduce incomes and increase expenditures. This book addresses many of the risk-coping strategies for the rural poor, with a focus on micro level and household actions. Largely, these discussions concern risks that can...
Working Paper
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– Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico
The paper will use the data from the PROGRESA evaluation to show the extent to which such a programme crowds out private transfers. An interesting aspect of the paper is the fact that it can use the randomization (one-third of the villages in the sample were randomized in the programme for...
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