Volume/Issue: 1997/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Michael Sarel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
1997
ISBN: 9781451922714
This study develops a cross-section empirical framework to examine the relationship between the macroeconomic environment and trends in income distribution. The macroeconomic variables that are found to be associat...
Volume/Issue: 1998/20
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Philip Gerson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
1998
ISBN: 9781451922196
Income distribution in the Philippines is highly uneven, and poverty rates are higher than in other ASEAN countries. In addition, although the poverty rate has declined over time, the rate of decline has been lower...
Volume/Issue: 2001/15
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Paul Wade
, and
Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2001
ISBN: 9781451843262
This paper studies the relationship between wealth inequality and occupational choice between rent-seeking and production. With imperfect credit markets and a fixed cost to rent-seeking, only wealthy agents choose...
Volume/Issue: 1997/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Michael Sarel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451922714.001
ISBN: 9781451922714
This study develops a cross-section empirical framework to examine the relationship between the macroeconomic environment and trends in income distribution. The macroeconomic variables that are found to be associat...
Volume/Issue: 2011/234
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Camelia Minoiu
, and
Shatakshee Dhongde
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2011
ISBN: 9781463922009
Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We...
Volume/Issue: 1998/20
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Philip Gerson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
1998
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451922196.001
ISBN: 9781451922196
Income distribution in the Philippines is highly uneven, and poverty rates are higher than in other ASEAN countries. In addition, although the poverty rate has declined over time, the rate of decline has been lower...
Volume/Issue: 2013/152
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ravi Balakrishnan
,
Chad Steinberg
, and
Murtaza Syed
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475531169.001
ISBN: 9781475531169
This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia's recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, i...
Volume/Issue: 2001/15
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Paul Wade
, and
Era Dabla-Norris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2001
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451843262.001
ISBN: 9781451843262
This paper studies the relationship between wealth inequality and occupational choice between rent-seeking and production. With imperfect credit markets and a fixed cost to rent-seeking, only wealthy agents choose...
Volume/Issue: 2011/234
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Camelia Minoiu
, and
Shatakshee Dhongde
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463922009.001
ISBN: 9781463922009
Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We...