Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is now accepting applications for the Radcliffe Fellowship for the period of September
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Occupational 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
Read MoreTop Expenditure Distribution in Arab Countries and the Inequality Puzzle
Working Paper 2020-549 Abstract This study was motivated by reports of a mismatch between inequality experienced on the streets across
Read MoreCombining absolute and relative poverty
Working Paper 2020-548 Abstract I study income poverty indices in a framework considering two poverty lines: one absolute line capturing
Read MoreParametric Representation of the Top of Income Distributions
Working Paper 2020-547 Abstract Approximating the top of income distributions with smooth parametric forms is valuable for descriptive purposes, as
Read MoreIncome Poverty has been Halved in the Developing World, even when Accounting for Relative Poverty
Working Paper 2020-546 Abstract The first Millennium Development Goal was to halve extreme absolute poverty over the period 1990-2015. This
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