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1.

Global Poverty and Inequality: A Review of the Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4623
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Martin Ravallion
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Georgetown University
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Inequality, Achieving Shared Growth, Services & Transfers to Poor, Population Policies, Poverty Impact Evaluation

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Ex-Ante Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: The Case of Bolsa Escola

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2916; William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 516
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Feb 2003
Francois Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Phillippe G. Leite
Paris School of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Research Department
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Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence

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Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence

Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy (eds., M. Adler and M. Fleurbaey) 2013, SERIES Working Papers N. 02/2015
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Mar 2015
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Vito Peragine
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA)
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Equality of opportunity, inequality of opportunity, compensation, reward

Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7217
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Vito Peragine
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA)
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Economic Theory & Research, Gender and Law, Inequality, Equity and Development, Poverty Impact Evaluation

Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8994
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Apr 2015
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Vito Peragine
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Università di Bari
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equality of opportunity, inequality of opportunity, compensation, reward

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Social Protection in Latin America: Achievements and Limitations

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5305
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and David A. Robalino
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Services & Transfers to Poor, Debt Markets, Insurance Law, Health Monitoring & Evaluation

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Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunities in Brazil

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Feb 2004
Francois Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Marta Menendez
Paris School of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Department and Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Economics (DELTA)
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Inequality of Opportunities, Intergenerational Educational Mobility

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Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4108
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leite and Matthew Wai-Poi
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Research Department and Columbia University
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Economic Theory & Research, Free Trade, Labor Markets, Trade Policy, Trade Law

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The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an Application to Latin America

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The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an Application to Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4659
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Jérémie Gignoux
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and The World Bank - Development Research Group
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Inequality, Rural Poverty Reduction, Access to Finance, Equity and Development, Services & Transfers to Poor

The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an Application to Latin America

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 57, Issue 4, pp. 622-657, 2011
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Nov 2011
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Jérémie Gignoux
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and The World Bank - Development Research Group
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inequality of opportunity, Latin America

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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons

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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6304
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Vito Peragine
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA) - Faculty of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Università di Bari
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Inequality, Equity and Development, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Services & Transfers to Poor, Economic Theory & Research

Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7155
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Feb 2013
Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Vito Peragine
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA) - Faculty of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Università di Bari
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equality of opportunity, income inequality, social mobility, mobility

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The Rise and Fall of Brazilian Inequality, 1981-2004

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3867
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leite and Julie A. Litchfield
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Research Department and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Inequality, Services & Transfers to Poor, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Rural Poverty Reduction, Pro-Poor Growth and Inequality

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Distributions in Motion: Economic Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Dynamics

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5424
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Achieving Shared Growth, Inequality, Services & Transfers to Poor, Economic Theory & Research

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Protecting the Poor from Macroeconomic Shocks

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Giovanna Prennushi and Martin Ravallion
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PRMVP) and Georgetown University
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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Development

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3816
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jan 2006
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Michael Walton
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Inequality of Opportunity, Equity and Efficiency, Inequality and Growth

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Aggregate Economic Shocks, Child Schooling and Child Health

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Aggregate Economic Shocks, Child Schooling and Child Health

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4701
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Norbert Schady
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Population Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Health Systems Development & Reform, Labor Policies

Aggregate Economic Shocks, Child Schooling, and Child Health

The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 147-181, 2009
Posted: 05 Oct 2009
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Norbert Schady
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group

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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6915
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Christoph Lakner, Maria Ana Lugo and Berk Ozler
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG)
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Inequality, Equity and Development, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Services & Transfers to Poor, Achieving Shared Growth

Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8243
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Jun 2014
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Christoph Lakner, Maria Ana Lugo and Berk Ozler
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG)
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inequality, inequality of opportunity, economic growth

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Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13549
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Aug 2020
Benoit Decerf, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Daniel Mahler and Olivier Sterck
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford - Department of International Development
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COVID-19, welfare, poverty, mortality

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A More Level Playing Field? Explaining the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

IRIBA Working Paper: 12
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Sep 2014
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Julian Messina
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Insper and World Bank
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Earnings inequality, Brazil, RIF Regressions

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Poverty Reduction without Economic Growth? Explaining Brazil's Poverty Dynamics, 1985-2004

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4431
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leite and Martin Ravallion
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Research Department and Georgetown University
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Achieving Shared Growth, Population Policies, Inequality

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Own and Sibling Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs : Theory and Evidence from Cambodia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5001
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Deon Filmer, Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World BankWorld Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group
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Access to Finance, Primary Education, Education For All, Tertiary Education, Youth and Governance

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Equity, Efficient and Inequality Traps: A Research Agenda

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-025
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Jul 2006
Francois Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Michael Walton
Paris School of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Equity, Equality of Opportunity, Inequality Traps, Economics - International Economics

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The Slippery Slope: Explaining the Increase in Extreme Poverty in Urban Brazil, 1976-96

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Ricardo Paes de Barros
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA)
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Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: Accounting for Differences in Household Income Distributions Across Countries

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Aug 2002
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Francois Bourguignon and Phillippe G. Leite
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Paris School of Economics and World Bank - Research Department
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Inequality, Distribution, Micro-simulations

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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7432
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 21 May 2020
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Shaohua Chen, Andrew Dabalen, Yuri Dikhanov, Nada Hamadeh, Dean Jolliffe, Ambar Narayan, Espen Beer Prydz, Ana Revenga, Prem Sangraula, Umar Serajuddin, Nobuo Yoshida and Shaohua Chen
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, World Bank - Africa, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, DECDG, World Bank, Poverty Global Practice, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), The World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, World Bank and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Inequality, Poverty Lines, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis, Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping, Poverty Diagnostics, Poverty Assessment, Inflation, Labor & Employment Law, Economic Growth, Economic Theory & Research, Industrial Economics

A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9442
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Shaohua Chen, Andrew Dabalen, Yuri Dikhanov, Nada Hamadeh, Dean Jolliffe, Ambar Narayan, Espen Beer Prydz, Ana Revenga, Prem Sangraula, Umar Serajuddin and Nobuo Yoshida
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, World Bank - Africa, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, DECDG, World Bank, Poverty Global Practice, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), The World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank
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global poverty, poverty measurement, purchasing power parity

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The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity

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The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5873
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Jeremie Gignoux
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Teaching and Learning, Secondary Education, Education For All, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Tertiary Education

The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6161
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Dec 2011
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Jérémie Gignoux
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and The World Bank - Development Research Group
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educational inequality, educational achievement, inequality of opportunity

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Tony Atkinson and His Legacy

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Tony Atkinson and His Legacy

Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 1138, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-99
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Oct 2017
Rolf Aaberge, Francois Bourguignon, Andrea Brandolini, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Janet C. Gornick, John Hills, Markus Jäntti, Stephen P. Jenkins, Eric Marlier, John Micklewright, Brian Nolan, Thomas Piketty, Walter Radermacher, Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding, Nicholas Stern, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Holly Sutherland
Statistics Norway, Paris School of Economics (PSE), Bank of Italy, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), The Graduate Center / City University of New York, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), Stockholm University, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Institute of Education, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Paris School of Economics (PSE), Independent, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Anthony B. Atkinson, inequality, poverty, public economics, economic theory, economic policy

Tony Atkinson and His Legacy

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 63, Issue 3, pp. 411-444, 2017
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Aug 2017
Rolf Aaberge, Francois Bourguignon, Andrea Brandolini, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Janet C. Gornick, John Hills, Markus Jäntti, Stephen P. Jenkins, Eric Marlier, John Micklewright, Brian Nolan, Thomas Piketty, Walter Radermacher and Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding
Statistics Norway, Paris School of Economics, Bank of Italy, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), City University of New York (CUNY), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), Stockholm University, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Institute of Education, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Paris School of Economics (PSE), European Union - European Commission and Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Anthony B. Atkinson, inequality, poverty, public economics, economic theory, economic policy

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Roads to Equality: Wealth Distribution Dynamics with Public-Private Capital Complementarity

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. TE286
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Inefficient Lobbying, Populism, and Oligarchy

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Inefficient Lobbying, Populism, and Oligarchy

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Filipe R. Campante and Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Inefficient Lobbying, Populism and Oligarchy

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, No. 5-6, 2007
Posted: 11 Sep 2008
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Filipe R. Campante
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Lobbying, Populism, Oligarchy, Wealth distribution and economic efficiency, Inequality

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Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Looking for a Middle Ground

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5964
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Maria Ana Lugo
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Regional Economic Development, Achieving Shared Growth, Economic Theory & Research

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Can the Distributional Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks Be Predicted? A Comparison of the Performance of Macro-Micro Models with Historical Data for Brazil

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Phillippe G. Leite and Paulo Picchetti
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Research Department and University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Economics
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Is There a Metropolitan Bias? The Inverse Relationship between Poverty and City Size in Selected Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5508
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Celine Ferre, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Peter F. Lanjouw
World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads 123 (328,588)
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Subnational Economic Development, City Development Strategies, Regional Economic Development

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Education or Inflation? The Roles of Structural Factors and Macroeconomic Instability in Explaining Brazilian Inequality in the 1980s

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. 41
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Feb 2008
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Julie Litchfield
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of Sussex Department of Economics
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Ageing Poorly?: Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

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Ageing Poorly?: Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8018
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Apr 2017
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Julian Messina
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Insper and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10656
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Apr 2017
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Julian Messina
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Insper and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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earnings inequality, Brazil, RIF regressions

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Shared Prosperity: Concepts, Data, and Some Policy Examples

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Shared Prosperity: Concepts, Data, and Some Policy Examples

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8451
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 May 2018
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Emanuela Galasso, Mario Negre and Mario Negre
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Research GroupDeutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - German Development Institute (DIE/GDI)
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Inequality, Services & Transfers to Poor, Access of Poor to Social Services, Economic Assistance, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Effective Schools and Teachers, Educational Institutions & Facilities

Shared Prosperity: Concepts, Data, and Some Policy Examples

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11571
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jun 2018
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Emanuela Galasso, Mario Negre and Mario Negre
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Research GroupDeutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - German Development Institute (DIE/GDI)
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shared prosperity, poverty, inequality

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Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3997
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
M. Caridad Araujo, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Peter F. Lanjouw and Berk Ozler
World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG)
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elite capture, social funds, inequality, poverty

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Calm after the Storms: Income Distribution in Chile, 1987 94

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Julie Litchfield
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of Sussex Department of Economics
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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008

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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5652
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Anna Fruttero, Phillippe G. Leite and Leonardo Lucchetti
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Markets and Market Access, Food & Beverage Industry, Regional Economic Development

Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5713
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 May 2011
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Anna Fruttero, Phillippe G. Leite and Leonardo Lucchetti
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank
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food prices, welfare, poverty, inequality, price change incidence curve, Brazil

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Measuring Inequality of Opportunity with Imperfect Data: The Case of Turkey

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5204
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jeremie Gignoux and Meltem A. Aran
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Development Analytics
Downloads 94 (394,072)
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Inequality, Economic Theory & Research, Population Policies, Rural Poverty Reduction, Equity and Development

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Policy Options for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Brazil: Can Micro-Simulations Help?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Phillippe G. Leite
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Research Department
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Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases: An Introduction

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Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases: An Introduction

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7489
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Nora Lustig and Daniel Teles
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Tulane University and Tulane University
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Inequality, Equity and Development, Development Patterns and Poverty, Pro-Poor Growth, Achieving Shared Growth

Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases: An Introduction

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9468
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Nora Lustig and Daniel Teles
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Tulane University and Tulane University
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inequality comparisons, inequality databases, international inequality

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Opportunity-Sensitive Poverty Measurement

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Opportunity-Sensitive Poverty Measurement

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6728
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paolo Brunori, Maria Ana Lugo, Vito Peragine and Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA) - Faculty of Economics, World Bank, Università di Bari and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Services & Transfers to Poor, Inequality, Regional Economic Development, Rural Poverty Reduction, Achieving Shared Growth

Opportunity-Sensitive Poverty Measurement

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7818
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Dec 2013
Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Maria Ana Lugo and Vito Peragine
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA) - Faculty of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and Università di Bari
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inequality of opportunity, poverty measures, poverty comparisons

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Estimation and Inference for Actual and Counterfactual Growth Incidence Curves

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Estimation and Inference for Actual and Counterfactual Growth Incidence Curves

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10473
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Jan 2017
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Antonio F. Galvao
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Insper and Michigan State University
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growth incidence curves, potential outcomes, inference, quantile process

Estimation and Inference for Actual and Counterfactual Growth Incidence Curves

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7933
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Sergio Firpo
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Insper
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Inequality, Equity and Development, Achieving Shared Growth, Pro-Poor Growth

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Death and Destitution: The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the Covid-19 Pandemic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14370
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 May 2021
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Olivier Sterck, Daniel Mahler and Benoit Decerf
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Oxford - Department of International Development, University of Copenhagen and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
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Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Jun 2019
M. Shahe Emran, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Yajing Jiang and Yan Sun
George Washington University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Charles River Associates and World Bank
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Educational Mobility, Rural Economy, Occupational Dualism, Farm-Nonfarm, Complementarity, Coresidency Bias, China, India

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Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13550
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 04 Aug 2020
M. Shahe Emran, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Yajing Jiang and Yan Sun
George Washington University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Charles River Associates and World Bank
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educational mobility, rural economy, occupational dualism, farm-nonfarm, complementarity, coresidency bias, China, India

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Prioritarianism and Equality of Opportunity

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14100
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Feb 2021
Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Vito Peragine
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA) - Faculty of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Università di Bari
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Inequality of Opportunity in Brazil

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 585-618, December 2007
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Nov 2007
Francois Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Marta Menendez
Paris School of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Department and Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Economics (DELTA)
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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: How Much Can Cross‐Country Regressions Really Tell Us?

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 64, Issue 4, pp. 800-827, 2018
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Nov 2018
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Christoph Lakner, Maria Ana Lugo and Berk Özler
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank
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economic growth, inequality, inequality of opportunity

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Inequality of Opportunity in Brazil: A Corrigendum

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 59, Issue 3, pp. 551-555, 2013
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Aug 2013
Francois Bourguignon, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Marta Menéndez
Paris School of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Université Paris Dauphine - UMR DIAL
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Brazil, inequality of opportunities, omitted variable bias

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Growing Apart: Inequality and Poverty Trends in Brazil in the 1980s

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. 23
Posted: 21 Feb 2008
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Julie Litchfield
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of Sussex Department of Economics

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Income Distribution in Brazil 1981-1990: Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. 21
Posted: 21 Feb 2008
Frank Cowell, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Julie Litchfield
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of Sussex Department of Economics

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Education for the Masses? The Interaction between Wealth, Educational and Political Inequalities

Posted: 20 Jun 2001
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

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inequality, education, political economy

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The Slippery Slope: Explaining the Increase in Extreme Poverty in Urban Brazil, 1976-1996

Posted: 20 Mar 2000
Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Ricardo Paes de Barros
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

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Economic Transition and the Distributions of Income and Wealth

Posted: 02 Aug 1999
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

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