Poverty, Income Growth and Inequality in Paraguay During The 1990s : Spatial Aspects, Growth Determinants and Inequality Decomposition

Poverty, Income Growth and Inequality in Paraguay During The 1990s Spatial Aspects, Growth Determinants and Inequality Decomposition

The Paraguayan economy did not suffer debt crises in the eighties and had significant growth rates in the second half on the seventies, but poverty remained a problem. Understanding the performance and spatial distribution of poverty and inequality over a period of more than ten years can shed new l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Otter, Thomas, 1965- (-)
Formato: Tesis
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2008.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
Materias:
Political science > Theory.
Monetary policy.
Development economics.
Paraguay > Economic conditions > 1954-
1990s
Aspects
Decomposition
Determinants
During
Einkommensverteilung
Geschichte 1992-2005
Growth
Growth Determinants
Income
Inequality
Lateinamerika
Otter
Paraguay
Poverty
Poverty Maps
Spatial
Spatial Economics
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Acronyms
  • Preface
  • 1. Micro level estimation of income
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Methodology and Data
  • 1.2.1 The Basic Methodology
  • 1.2.2 The Income Model
  • 1.2.3 The Implementation Procedure
  • 1.2.4 Data Sources
  • 1.3 Results
  • 1.3.1 Regression Results
  • 1.3.2 Poverty Estimates
  • 1.3.3 Poverty and Inequality Maps
  • 1.3.4 Pro-poor Growth Evidence
  • 1.4 Discussion
  • 1.5 Conclusions
  • 2. Does Inequality Harm Income Mobility and Growth?
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Data: macro, micro and small area welfare estimates
  • 2.3 Small area welfare estimation
  • 2.4 The model
  • 2.5 Estimation
  • 2.6 Results
  • 2.7 Discussion
  • 2.8 Conclusions
  • 3. Characterization of inequality changes through microeconometric decomposition
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Methodology
  • 3.3 Income inequality in Paraguay: basic facts and sources of changes
  • 3.3.1 Returns to education
  • 3.3.2 Gender wage gap
  • 3.3.3 Returns to experience
  • 3.3.4 Unobservable Factors
  • 3.3.5 Hours of work
  • 3.3.6 Labour market participation
  • 3.3.7 Education
  • 3.4 Estimation strategy
  • 3.5 Results
  • 3.6 Discussion
  • 3.7 Conclusions
  • A: Annex to Chapter 1
  • B: Annex to Chapter 2
  • Bibliography.

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