A Paradox for Inequality Indices
Working Paper 2020-559 Abstract This paper identifies a paradox for inequality indices which is similar to the well known Simpson’s
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The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns and Expanded Social Assistance on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico
Working Paper 2020-558 Abstract We use microsimulation to estimate the distributional consequences of covid-19-induced lockdown policies in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia
Read MoreChild health inequality and opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Working Paper 2020-557 Abstract For 33 Sub-Saharan countries, we use comparable household surveys to estimate child health inequality and the
Read MoreThe Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Income Inequality, Poverty, and the Urban-Rural and Regional Income Gaps in China
Working Paper 2020-556 Abstract China is characterized by high prefiscal overall, urban-rural and regional inequality. Applying standard fiscal incidence analysis,
Read MoreHarvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is now accepting applications for the Radcliffe Fellowship for the period of September
Read MoreOccupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy
Working Paper 2020-555 Abstract This paper extends the Becker-Tomes model of intergenerational educational mobility to a rural economy characterized by
Read MoreIntertemporal inequality of opportunity
Working Paper 2020-554 Abstract We propose an axiomatic approach to characterize normative criteria for the evaluation of lifetime income distributions
Read MorePolitical connections and the super-rich in Poland
Working Paper 2020-553 Abstract We use newly collected original panel data on the super-wealthy individuals in Poland (observed over 2002-2018)
Read MoreChanging the Housing Share of Poverty Thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure
Working Paper 2020-552 Abstract In producing the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) thresholds and subsequent statistics, it is assumed that all
Read MoreWhy wealth inequality differs between post-socialist countries?
Working Paper 2020-551 Abstract We provide the first attempt to understand how differences in households’ socio-demographic and economic characteristics account
Read MoreDistance-based social index numbers
Working Paper 2020-550 Abstract We present a unified approach to the design of social index numbers. Our starting point is
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