UID:
almahu_9949568380802882
Format:
1 online resource (162 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783631753613
Series Statement:
Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; v.25
Note:
Cover -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction and Overview -- 1 Twin Peaks or Three Components? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Statistical Methodology and Data -- 1.2.1 Data -- 1.2.2 Testing for the Number of Components in a Finite Mixture - the Modified Likelihood Ratio Test -- 1.2.3 Discriminant Analysis via Posterior Probabilities -- 1.2.4 Nonparametric Kernel Density Estimation and Mode Testing -- 1.3 Results -- 1.3.1 Selecting the Number of Components -- 1.3.2 Evolution of the Cross-Country Distribution of Income -- 1.3.3 Intra-Distributional Dynamics Based on Posterior Probabilities -- 1.4 Conclusion -- 1.5 Extension: Mixtures with Distinct Variances -- 2 Global Income Distribution Dynamics and Pro-Poor Growth -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Methodology and Data -- 2.2.1 Data -- 2.2.2 Mixtures of Log-normal Distributions -- 2.3 The Global Income Distribution -- 2.3.1 Inequality and Poverty -- 2.3.2 Growth Incidence Curves and Pro-Poor Growth -- 2.4 Regional Distributions, Inequality, Poverty and Growth Incidence Curves -- 2.4.1 Regional Income and Log-Income Distributions -- 2.4.2 Regional Poverty and Inequality Measures -- 2.4.3 Regional Semi-Decade Specific Growth Rates, Rates of Pro-poor Growth and Growth Incidence Curves -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Ethnic Fractionalisation, Migration and Growth -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Theoretical Framework -- 3.3 Existing Empirical Investigations -- 3.4 Data and Methodology -- 3.5 Results -- 3.5.1 Extending the Data Set -- 3.5.2 Migration and Ethnic Fractionalisation -- 3.6 Conclusion and Future Research Questions -- 4 Pathways out of Poverty in Indonesia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Conceptualisation and Methodological Issues -- 4.2.1 Conceptualisation and the "Naive" Model -- 4.2.2 Data -- 4.2.3 Poverty Line -- 4.3 Descriptive Analysis, Income & -- Poverty Transition Matrices.
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4.3.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 4.3.2 Income Growth -- 4.3.3 Poverty Transitions -- 4.4 Micro Determinants of Income and Poverty Transitions -- 4.4.1 The Determinants of Income and Poverty Levels -- 4.4.2 The Determinants of Income Change -- 4.4.3 Poverty Dynamics -- 4.5 Conclusion -- A Appendix A -- B Appendix B -- C Appendix C -- D Appendix D -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Weisbrod, Julian Growth, Poverty and Inequality Dynamics Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2008 ISBN 9783631572559
Language:
English
Keywords:
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