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Using Personal Car Register for Measuring Economic Inequality in Countries with a Large Share of Shadow Economy: Evidence for Latvia [PDF]

We suggest to use information from the state register of personal cars as an alternative indicator of economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy. We illustrate our approach using the Latvian pool of personal cars.
Boriss Siliverstovs, Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Vyacheslav Dombrovsky   +2 more
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Possible welfare benefits of basic income support: Evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in South Africa

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The study investigates the potential welfare effect of basic income support (BIS) in reducing poverty and inequality in South Africa. Using the 2017 labour force survey and a benefit incidence analysis, we consider three BIS scenarios: (i) universal income support for those aged between 18 and 59; (ii) only those who are unemployed receive the
Carolyn Chisadza, Margaret Chitiga‐Mabugu, Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Nicky Nicholls, Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso, Eleni Yitbarek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Factors and Mortality in Selected Countries Using the Generalized Method of Moment (GMM)

مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2014
Background & Objectives : In recent years, the World Health Organization has paid more attention to the relationship between health and social conditions as determining the factors affecting people's health in the society.
A Souresrafil, M Hadian, H Ghaderi
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Inequality in the distribution of resources in health care system by using the Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve (A case study of Sistan and Baluchestan province over a five-year period) [PDF]

, 2022
Azadeh Mojiri, Kambiz َََAhmadi
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Inequality and the accounting period [PDF]

Income inequality typically declines with the length of time taken into account for measurement. This note derives an exact analytical relationship between the accounting period and inequality as measured by the Gini index.
Quentin Wodon, Shlomo Yitzhaki
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Towards a Just Coastal Transition: The Mixed Success of Livelihood Diversification and ‘Bouncing Back’ Among Seaweed Farmers in Sorsogon Province, the Philippines

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The need to integrate localised settings of coastal communities within its wider marine and landscapes calls to provide contextualised assessments. Drawing upon the ambition of the Philippines to identify opportunities for enhancing coastal livelihoods, the potential of seaweed farming accruing to high productivity in many of its regions is ...
Richard V. Dumilag, Edo Andriesse
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Economic Inequality Through the Lorenz Curve in Central and Eastern European Countries [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
This study analyses economic inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) using tools such as the Lorenz Curve and the Gini coefficient. Originating in 1905, the Lorenz Curve, conceptualized by Max O.
Maria Simona Ene
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Peer Review #1 of "Gini coefficients for measuring the distribution of sexually transmitted infections among individuals with different levels of sexual activity (v0.1)"

, 2020
Sandro Gsteiger, Nicola Low, Pam Sonnenberg, Catherine H Mercer, Christian L. Althaus, R Brunham, F Plummer, W Lee, M Lorenz, L Elliott, J Blanchard, C Beaudoin, C Green, D Nowicki, P Matusko, S Moses, E Monteiro, Cjn Lacey, D Merrick, R Kerani, M Handcock, H Handsfield, K Holmes, H Chesson, M Sternberg, J Leichliter, S Aral, H Chesson, M Sternberg, J Leichliter, S Aral, M Chen, A Ghani, W Edmunds, C Althaus, Kme Turner, B Schmid, Jcm Heijne, M Kretzschmar, N Low, K Fenton, C Korovessis, A Johnson, A Mccadden, S Mcmanus, K Wellings, C Mercer, C Carder, A Copas, K Nanchahal, W Macdowall, G Ridgway, J Field, B Erens, A Johnson, C Mercer, S Beddows, N De Silva, S Desai, R Howell-Jones, C Carder, P Sonnenberg, K Fenton, C Lowndes, K Soldan, P Sonnenberg, S Clifton, S Beddows, N Field, K Soldan, C Tanton, C Mercer, F Da Silva, S Alexander, A Copas, A Phelps, B Erens, P Prah, W Macdowall, K Wellings, C Ison, A Johnson, P Sonnenberg, C Ison, S Clifton, N Field, C Tanton, K Soldan, S Beddows, S Alexander, R Khanom, P Saunders, A Copas, K Wellings, C Mercer, A Johnson, C Tanton, D Mesher, S Beddows, K Soldan   +99 more
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Trends in oral health inequality in 12-year-old Korean children: A study using the Gini coefficient [PDF]

, 2013
Cheoul-Sin Kim, Ji-Eun Jeon
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Exploring Tolerance Towards Corruption in the European Union Through Experienced Corruption, Perceived Corruption and Institutional Trust

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corruption is a major problem that undermines the foundations of democracy and reduces citizens' trust in institutions. However, even in the world's most advanced countries, citizens accept certain levels of corruption. This tolerance towards corruption (TC) reduces the impact of anti‐corruption actions and ends up giving a patina of normality
Begoña Alvarez‐García, Dolores Lagoa‐Varela, Susana Iglesias‐Antelo, Jorge Gallud Cano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source