Essays about: "GINI-index"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the word GINI-index.

  1. 16. Income Inequality, In-Kind Benefits and Economic Growth: Studied Using a Modified Gini Index

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elias Wennberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Income Inequality; In-Kind Benefits; Growth; MGINI; Gini; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : A negative long-run relationship between inequality and growth has been found for a variety of inequality measures, but as these measures invariably ignore the pro-poor effect of in-kind redistribution, one may question the reliability of previous studies’ inequality-growth estimates. In this paper, I incorporate in-kind benefits into the Gini index and present new estimates of the inequality-growth impact for the period 1980―2007, in what is believed to be the first inequality-growth study of its kind. READ MORE

  3. 17. Gross Domestic Product Growth Correlations : Multi Country Study with Focus on China and India

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Varun Nayyar; [2014]
    Keywords : GDP; Growth; Literacy; Inequality; Innovation; Logistics; Corruption; FDI; Service share of GDP;

    Abstract : Analyses of the dependence of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates on seven variables; Logistic Performance (LGI), Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Adult Literacy Rate (ADLR), Gini Index (GI), % Service Share of the GDP (SSG) and Global Innovation Index (GII) have been performed in this study. A regression model has been presented where growth rate is taken as a function of seven factors. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Puzzle between Economic Growth and Income Inequality

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Mahmoud Jamal; Omar Sayal; [2013]
    Keywords : Income inequality; economic growth; Gini index; Lorenz curve; Kuznets curve; cross-sectional;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the correlation between income inequality and economic growth in a cross-section of 90 countries from 2002 to 2006. The controversial Kuznets Hypothesis, the economic model that hypothesizes the relationship between inequality and per capita income is an inverted U-shaped curve, is scrutinized and investigated to consider its viability and accuracy. READ MORE

  5. 19. Income Inequality and Social Trust: The Case of Windhoek.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Agneta Berge; Thorun Wahlström; [2012]
    Keywords : income inequality; social trust; distributive justice; Namibia;

    Abstract : Social trust appears to be beneficial for society, but varies greatly in level across countries. Income inequality has been proposed as a strong determinant of social trust, although often without sufficient micro foundation. READ MORE

  6. 20. What is the impact of community characteristics on conditional cash transfer programs?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Amanda Olsson; Emmi Östlund; [2012]
    Keywords : Education; Antipoverty; Development; Developing Countries;

    Abstract : Conditional cash transfers are a poverty reducing tool that has gained popularity due to its success in increasing school attendance in developing countries. The Mexican program Oportunidades is a role model for this kind of programs and it is therefore of interest for policymakers to transplant this program structure to other countries. READ MORE