1.
Measuring Poverty
Princeton Research Program in Development Studies Working Paper
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 13 Jul 2004
Working Paper Series
Princeton University
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4,579
2.
Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Working Paper No. 38, United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report Office Background Paper No. 2010/11
Number of pages: 139
Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 02 Aug 2013
Working Paper Series
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI
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3,529
3.
Understanding Poverty: Comparing Basic Needs Approach and Capability Approach
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 24 May 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Bristol - School for Policy Studies
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3,498
4.
Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 29 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Brazil, Cornell University and The World Bank
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3,282
5.
Practical Guidelines for Conducting Research - Summarising Good Research Practice in Line with the DCED Standard
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 09 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Centre for Development Studies
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2,849
6.
Does Corruption Affect Income Inequality and Poverty?
IMF Working Paper No. 98/76
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and University of the Philippines, Diliman
Downloads
2,012
7.
Unemployment in North-East India: Some Issues
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 02 May 2011
Working Paper Series
North-Eastern Hill University and North Eastern Hill University
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1,935
8.
Not Separate, Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 20 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Research Department
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1,911
9.
The Two Poverties
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 31 May 2001
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
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1,549
10.
The Child Labour in Developing Countries: A Challenge to Millennium Development Goals
Indus Journal of Management & Social Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-8, Spring 2009
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 16 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 07 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Papua New Guinea University of TechnologyNorth-West University
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1,500
11.
Dad: A Software for Poverty and Distributive Analysis
PEP Working Paper No. 2006-10
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 01 Jun 2006
Last Revised: 11 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
Université Laval - Département d'Économique and Laval University
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1,453
12.
Measuring Poverty in a Multidimensional Perspective: A Review of Literature
PEP Working Paper No. 2005-07
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 21 Nov 2005
Last Revised: 11 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Tunis - Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management (ESSEC)
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1,448
13.
A Review of the Chinese Gini Coefficient from 1978 to 2008
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 19 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 14 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, University of Edinburgh - Business SchoolUniversity of Edinburgh - Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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1,277
14.
Unknown: The Extent, Distribution and Trend of Global Income Poverty
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 12 Oct 2006
Working Paper Series
Yale University, Global Justice Program and The New School - Department of Economics
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1,240
15.
What is Middle Class About the Middle Classes Around the World?
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-29
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 09 Sep 2008
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
What is Middle Class About the Middle Classes Around the World?
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-29
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 09 Sep 2008
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1,229
What is Middle Class About the Middle Classes Around the World?
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6613
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 09 Jun 2008
Downloads
6
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1,229
16.
School Subsidies for the Poor: Evaluating the Mexican Progresa Poverty Program
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 17 Oct 2001
Working Paper Series
Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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1,228
17.
The Unequal Gains from Product Innovations: Evidence from the US Retail Sector
Number of pages: 121
Posted: 30 Dec 2015
Last Revised: 26 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics
Downloads
1,213
18.
Trade and Poverty Issues: A Country Case Study of the Philippines
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 18 Apr 2017
Working Paper Series
EmergingFrontierMarkets.com
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1,203
19.
Considering Class: College Access and Diversity
U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-18
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 27 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2013
Working Paper Series
Center for College and Career Success and University of Colorado Law School
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1,186
20.
Reviewing a Decade of Research on the 'Base/Bottom of the Pyramid' (BOP) Concept
Business & Society, Forthcoming, doi 10.1177/0007650312474928
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 26 Dec 2012
Last Revised: 03 Jan 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Amsterdam Business School, Babson College and Babson College - Management Division
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1,160
21.
Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 791
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 27 May 2008
Working Paper Series
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Zentrum Fuer Europaeische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - Center for European Economic Research
There are 2 versions of this paper
Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 791
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 27 May 2008
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1,092
Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3491
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 19 Aug 2008
Downloads
257
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1,092
22.
Definition of Equality and Framework for Measurement: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement
LSE STICERD Research Paper No. CASE120
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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1,089
23.
Finding the Oscar
Howard Law Journal, Vol. 55, No. 1, 2011, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-2, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-2
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Last Revised: 22 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
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1,071
24.
The Social Responsibility of International Business: From Ethics and the Environment to CSR and Sustainable Development
Journal of World Business, 51(1), pp. 23-34, 2016
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 02 Aug 2015
Last Revised: 09 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Amsterdam Business School
Downloads
992
25.
Corruption, Income Inequality, and Poverty in the United States
FEEM Working Paper No. 54.2008
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 11 Sep 2008
Working Paper Series
Illinois State University - Department of Economics and Cankaya University
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972
26.
When is Growth Pro-Poor? Evidence from the Diverse Experiences of India's States
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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934
27.
The Undocumented Immigrant Tax: Enriching Americans from Sea to Shining Sea
Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 2008
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 02 Nov 2008
Last Revised: 26 Nov 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law
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881
28.
Theoretical Definition and Empirical Measurement of Welfare and Poverty: A Microeconomic Approach
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 26 Nov 2002
Working Paper Series
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main - Department of Economics
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822
29.
Access to Banking Services and Poverty Reduction: A State-Wise Assessment in India
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4132
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Working Paper Series
RBC College
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805
30.
The Challenge of Poverty and Mapping Out Solutions: Requisite Paradigm Shift from a Problem-Solving and Islamic Perspective
Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Vol. 5, No. 2, May-August 2009, pp. 45-76
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 21 Nov 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Independent
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786
31.
Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 22 Dec 2002
Working Paper Series
Rutgers University - Economics Department, University of East Anglia and Inha University - Department of Economics
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768
32.
A Cluster Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Switzerland
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 25 Jul 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Geneva, University of Geneva and University of Neuchatel - Institute for Research in Economics (IRENE)
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752
33.
An Application of the Asset Index for Measuring Household Living Standards in Thailand
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 07 Jan 2008
Working Paper Series
International Health Policy Program (IHPP) - ThailandInternational Health Policy Program (IHPP)
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750
34.
Anatomy of a Disaster Under the Internal Revenue Code
Florida Tax Review, Vol. 6, p. 955, 2005
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 06 Sep 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law
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738
35.
Rural Poverty in Developing Countries Issues and Policies
IMF Working Paper No. 00/78
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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715
36.
Trade Liberalisation, Growth and Poverty in Senegal: A Dynamic Microsimulation Cge Model Analysis
CIRPEE Working Paper No. 05-12
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 15 May 2005
Last Revised: 16 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
Université Laval - Département d'Économique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Université Laval - Département d'Économique
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708
37.
Measuring the Measurement Error: A Method to Qualitatively Validate Survey Data
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 13 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics, The World Bank, Columbia University SIPA and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital
There are 2 versions of this paper
Measuring the Measurement Error: A Method to Qualitatively Validate Survey Data
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 13 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2015
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695
Measuring the Measurement Error: A Method to Qualitatively Validate Survey Data
NBER Working Paper No. w21447
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Last Revised: 08 Aug 2022
Downloads
8
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695
38.
Household Over-Indebtedness: Definition and Measurement with Italian Data
Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 149
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 03 Apr 2013
Working Paper Series
Bank of Italy and Bank of Italy
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685
39.
Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda
MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
Working Paper Series
University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict and Convergence in Rwanda
MICROCON Research Working Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
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665
Poverty Dynamics, Violent Conflict, and Convergence in Rwanda
Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 59, Issue 1, pp. 66-90, 2013
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Downloads
6
Downloads
665
40.
Poverty, Public Distribution System and Food Security in India: A Household Level Analysis
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 02 May 2011
Working Paper Series
North-Eastern Hill University and North Eastern Hill University
Downloads
665
41.
Property Outlaws
Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 90
Number of pages: 88
Posted: 12 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
Cornell University - Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads
660
42.
Do We Know How Much Poverty There is?
IADB Research Working Paper No. 437
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 12 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
Independent, Tulane University, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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656
43.
Financial Liberalization and Poverty: Channels of Influence
Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 411
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 27 Jul 2004
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Department of Land Economy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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656
44.
An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on Progresa
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3386; IZA Discussion Paper No. 827
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 28 Aug 2003
Working Paper Series
Melbourne Institute and World Bank
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647
45.
The Trend of the Gini Coefficient of China (1978-2010)
Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 29 Mar 2018
Last Revised: 07 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) - Research Institute of Economics & Management and University of Edinburgh - Business SchoolUniversity of Edinburgh - Business School
Downloads
645
46.
A Normal Relationship? Poverty, Growth, and Inequality
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3814
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 17 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Research Department and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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633
47.
Fertility and Income
Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 925
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 28 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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624
48.
How Vulnerable are Bangladesh's Indigenous People to Climate Change?
Bangladesh Development Research Center (BDRC)
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 15 Jul 2008
Working Paper Series
Bangladesh Development Research Center (BDRC), Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies and North South University
Downloads
607
49.
The Global Consumption and Income Project (GCIP): An Overview
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 18 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 14 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Goettingen (Göttingen), University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Economics and The New School - Department of Economics
Downloads
596
50.
The Relationship Between Intra- and Intergenerational Ecological Justice
Environmental Values, 21(3), 331-355, 2012
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 06 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 12 Jul 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Freiburg - Department of Environment and Natural Resources and University of Oldenburg, Ecological Economics Group
Downloads
595
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