To capture both long-run and short-run asymmetries, we have employed the non-linear autoregressive distributed lag approach using the relevant data from 1970 to 2016. Findings of the article suggest that education expansion acts as a major factor in reducing prevailing high income inequality, that...
We have examined two aspects: the impact of inequality on society in general and whether the effect of inequality is harsher on the poor as compared to the rich. We tested the income inequality hypothesis to answer the research questions. Using two rounds of India Human Development Survey data...
For that, we follow a comparative approach, comparing it with India—a country with a very different pattern in which inequality is much lower for expenditure than for income. We investigate the extent to which the difference between the two countries comes from differences in the composition of...
This paper estimates income inequality among agricultural households and identifies the factors that contribute to it by using a farm-level data from nationally representative survey conducted in 2003 and 2013. The results show that households' income from crop and animal farming has doubled and that...
The state and the income inequality in Brazil: income flows and social stratification The authors examine the contribution of public transfers and direct taxes to income inequality in Brazil. We apply a factor decomposition of the Gini to the POF 2008-9 data to measure the contribution to inequal...
Economic Growth and Income Inequality in India ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCOME INEQUALITY K Gehring,SG Street,KG Kulkarni,... 被引量: 0发表: 2006年 Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 This paper evaluates income tax reforms in China and India. The ...
Drishti Mains Question: Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been proposed as a solution to address poverty and inequality in India. Discuss the feasibility of implementing UBI in the Indian context, considering its potential benefits and challenges. ...
Richard and Anu have been spearheading new research on income inequality for the McKinsey Global Institute, and they’re the coauthors of a new report called Poorer than their parents? Flat or falling incomes in advanced economies. One of its striking conclusions is that two-thirds of ...
We find that not taking preferences into account leads to severely underestimating urban poverty.doi:10.1007/s10888-019-09434-6Aditi DimriFranois ManiquetThe Journal of Economic Inequality
Nonfarm diversification, poverty, economic mobility, and income inequality: a case study in village India This article assembles data at the all-India level and for the village of Palanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to document the growing importance, and influence, of th... P Lanjouw,R Murgai,N Stern...