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 The Post-Apartheid Evolution of Earnings Inequality in South Africa, 1995-2004
Phillippe G. Leite, Terry McKinley and Rafael Guerreiro O sorio 7 location. According to Ferreira, Leite and Litchfield (2006), the inability to control for such correlations is one reason w hy these types of inequality decom positions are m erely suggestive of the causal factors underlying distri...
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Phillippe G. Leite, Terry McKinley and Rafael Guerreiro O sorio 7 location. According to Ferreira, Leite and Litchfield (2006), the inability to control for such correlations is one reason w hy these types of inequality decom positions are m erely suggestive of the causal factors underlying distributional dynam ics. 3 IN COM E IN EQ U A LITY IN SOU TH A FRICA : A N OVERVIEW A. TRENDS IN IN COME IN EQ UALITY AND O THER WELL-BEING MEASURES South Africa is one of the m ost unequal countries in
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Phillippe G. Leite, Terry McKinley and Rafael Guerreiro O sorio 5 C. DECOMPO SITIO N S O F THE GEN ERALIZED EN TRO PY MEASURES 1. STATIC D ECOM POSITION Generalized Entropy inequality indexes have the advantage—<span class="highlight">com</span> pared to the Gini coefficient—of being decom posable (statically) into sub-groups. For this study, w e use nine characteristics of the heads of households to differentiate the population into the follow ing sub-groups: Age of household head i) under 25, ii) 25-34, iii) 35-44, iv) 45
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Phillippe G. Leite, Terry McKinley and Rafael Guerreiro O sorio 7 location. According to Ferreira, Leite and Litchfield (2006), the inability to control for such correlations is one reason w hy these types of inequality decom positions are m erely suggestive of the causal factors underlying distributional dynam ics. 3 IN <span class="highlight">COM</span> E IN EQ U A LITY IN SOU TH A FRICA : A N OVERVIEW A. TRENDS IN IN COME IN EQ UALITY AND O THER WELL-BEING MEASURES South Africa is one of the m ost unequal countries in
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ensional inequality, one should highlight the large <span class="highlight">com</span> ponent of between-group inequality by race. This has contributed to the low level of hum an developm ent am ong Africans. The World D evelopm ent Report 2006 highlights the im pact of such inequalities by <span class="highlight">com</span> paring the life chances of tw o hypothetical new borns in South Africa, one African and poor and the other White and rich: “the opportunities that these two children face to reach their full hum an potential are vastly different from the outset
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14 International Poverty Centre Working Paper nº 32 allow us to split self-em ployed incom e from em ployer incom e. This is a distinct disadvantage because the self-em ployed are likely poorer than em ployers. Social insurance transfers <span class="highlight">com</span> prise all types of regular receipts from pensions, social w elfare and other governm ental grants. O ther regular incom es <span class="highlight">com</span> prise item s such as royalties, interest, dividends, alim ony, and allow ances received from fam ily m em bers living elsew here. N
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Phillippe G. Leite, Terry McKinley and Rafael Guerreiro O sorio 15 The decom position of changes in inequality yields three term s: one for the changes in the w eight of the incom e <span class="highlight">com</span> ponent in total incom e; another for the changes in the concentration (i.e., relative distribution) of the incom e <span class="highlight">com</span> ponent; and a third for the interaction betw een the tw o. Table 4 show s that the Gini coefficient of total incom e rose 2.7 per cent from 1995 to 2000 as a result of these factors. The first
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30 International Poverty Centre Working Paper nº 32 APPEN D IX PO VERTY DECOMPO SITIO N PRESEN TED IN TABLE 1 Datt and Ravallion (1992) have proposed a decom position technique for Foster, Greer and Thorbecke poverty indices19 that identifies a grow th <span class="highlight">com</span> ponent (w hich is calculated by holding the Lorenz curve constant and allow ing the m ean to change), a redistribution <span class="highlight">com</span> ponent (w hich holds the m ean constant and allow s the Lorenz curve to change) and a residual term .20 Mathem atically
The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Nutrition: The South African Child Support G...
Jorge M . Agüero; M ichael R. Carter and Ingrid W oolard 15 ( ) � � � � � � −−= iii XDR ' 22 ˆ ˆ2 1 exp ˆ2 1 ˆ ψ σσpi In the second stage, w e use a flexible function for ( )rd ,β . A s suggested b...
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Jorge M . Agüero; M ichael R. Carter and Ingrid W oolard 15 ( ) � � � � � � −−= iii XDR ' 22 ˆ ˆ2 1 exp ˆ2 1 ˆ ψ σσpi In the second stage, w e use a flexible function for ( )rd ,β . A s suggested by H irano and Im bens (2004) w e use a quadratic approxim ation: ( ) [ ] iiiiiiiiiii RDRRDDRDYERD 52432210,|, ααααααβ +++++== The set of param eters ( )50 ,, ααα � = can be estim ated using ordinary least squares. G iven the estim ated param eters, w e can com pute the average potential
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8 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 39 H oddinott 2005), then evaluation of treatm ent effects by <span class="highlight">com</span> paring the treated and the not- treated w ould be relatively sim ple. H ow ever, the South African CSG w as not im plem ented w ith an experim ental design. As show n in the table, non-treated children can be grouped into three categories: those w ho received the child support grant only after they w ere three years old (321 children); those w ho had applied for CSG support but had their
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12 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 39 The <span class="highlight">com</span> m unity questionnaire also asked about the m ain im provem ents in the <span class="highlight">com</span> m unity since 1999. Corroborating the evidence that health services have not been generally im proving over the period of the CSG grant, only six per cent of <span class="highlight">com</span> m unities identified hospitals and clinics as the m ost im proved service since 1999, and another 4.7 per cent and 6.4 per cent listed them as the second and third m ost im proved service. These num bers
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Jorge M . Agüero; M ichael R. Carter and Ingrid W oolard 15 ( ) � � � � � � −−= iii XDR ' 22 ˆ ˆ2 1 exp ˆ2 1 ˆ ψ σσpi In the second stage, w e use a flexible function for ( )rd ,β . A s suggested by H irano and Im bens (2004) w e use a quadratic approxim ation: ( ) [ ] iiiiiiiiiii RDRRDDRDYERD 52432210,|, ααααααβ +++++== The set of param eters ( )50 ,, ααα � = can be estim ated using ordinary least squares. G iven the estim ated param eters, w e can <span class="highlight">com</span> pute the average potential
New Global Poverty Counts
NEW GLOBAL POVERTY COU NTS ∗ Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son ABSTRACT The m ain objective of this study is to com pute an international poverty threshold based on the food requirem ent to ensure an adequate calorie intake for the world’s poorest. The study proposes a new m ethodo...
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NEW GLOBAL POVERTY COU NTS ∗ Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son ABSTRACT The m ain objective of this study is to com pute an international poverty threshold based on the food requirem ent to ensure an adequate calorie intake for the world’s poorest. The study proposes a new m ethodology based on consum er theory to provide a caloric based international poverty threshold. U sing this m ethodology, the international poverty line is estim ated to be equal to $1.22 in 1993 PPP exchange rates. According
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NEW GLOBAL POVERTY COU NTS ∗ Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son ABSTRACT The m ain objective of this study is to <span class="highlight">com</span> pute an international poverty threshold based on the food requirem ent to ensure an adequate calorie intake for the world’s poorest. The study proposes a new m ethodology based on consum er theory to provide a caloric based international poverty threshold. U sing this m ethodology, the international poverty line is estim ated to be equal to $1.22 in 1993 PPP exchange rates. According
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Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son 3 The international poverty threshold developed on the basis of 19 countries is used to produce global poverty counts utilizing the W orld Bank data base consisting of over 450 surveys for about 100 counties covering 93 percent of the population of low and m iddle- incom e countries in the world. 2 PU RCH ASING POWER PARITY The purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates are the essential ingredients of determ ining internationally <span class="highlight">com</span> parable poverty lines. The
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and, which is m easured by a utility level denoted by u*. Anyone whose actual enjoym ent of utility is less than u* is identified as poor. If u* is fixed for all countries, then such estim ated poverty counts will obviously be internationally <span class="highlight">com</span> parable. W e m ay define a utility function as: � � � � � � = n , r uu n f qq (1) where fq and nq are the quantity vectors of food and non-food item s of consum ption, respectively
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Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son 13 11 CONCLU D ING REM ARKS Every society has its own views on what constitutes a m inim um standard of living. Strictly speaking, we should not be able to m ake cross-country <span class="highlight">com</span> parisons of poverty rates since it would be virtually im possible to agree on a <span class="highlight">com</span> m on poverty basket that is acceptable in every country. In spite of this, global estim ates do play an im portant role in m onitoring the level and change in poverty around the world. They can be used
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16 International Poverty Centre W orking Paper nº 29 Lemma 1: If the people in tw o countries have the sam e calorie cost in food PPP dollars, then they w ill enjoy the sam e level of utility. As pointed out in Section 2, Lem m a 1 tells us that we can obtain internationally <span class="highlight">com</span> parable food poverty lines if we determ ine the food poverty line in each country by using a constant calorie cost in food PPP dollars across all countries. Thus, the internationally <span class="highlight">com</span> parable food poverty line (denoting
Global Estimates of Pro-Poor Growth
ere com piled by the W orld Bank. The data com e from prim ary sources and are available at http://w w w .w orldbank.org/research/povm onitor. 3. W e have used the W orld Bank’s country classification. 4. W e w ere able to get the figures for consum er price indicies for all spe...
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ere com piled by the W orld Bank. The data com e from prim ary sources and are available at http://w w w .w orldbank.org/research/povm onitor. 3. W e have used the W orld Bank’s country classification. 4. W e w ere able to get the figures for consum er price indicies for all spells and countries except 4 spells and 2 countries. 5. W e have com piled the data for the share of agriculture in GDP for 227 spells.
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ere <span class="highlight">com</span> piled by the W orld Bank. The data <span class="highlight">com</span> e from prim ary sources and are available at http://w w w .w orldbank.org/research/povm onitor. 3. W e have used the W orld Bank’s country classification. 4. W e w ere able to get the figures for consum er price indicies for all spells and countries except 4 spells and 2 countries. 5. W e have <span class="highlight">com</span> piled the data for the share of agriculture in GDP for 227 spells.
Da Leetla Boy
and Roman Mythology Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia FunBrain Classics > Poetry > The Little Book of Modern Verse Da Leetla Boy Thomas Augustine Daly Da spreeng ees com'! but oh, da joy Eet ees too late! He was so cold, my leetla boy, He no could wait. I no c...
Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools
A lliance for E xcellent E ducation 1201 C onnecticut A venue,N W Suite 901 W ashington,D C 20036-2605 Place Postage H ere Straight A’s focuses on education new s and events in W ashington,D C ,and around the country.T he form at m akes inform ation on nationaleducation issues accessible to ev...
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A lliance for E xcellent E ducation 1201 C onnecticut A venue,N W Suite 901 W ashington,D C 20036-2605 Place Postage H ere Straight A’s focuses on education new s and events in W ashington,D C ,and around the country.T he form at m akes inform ation on nationaleducation issues accessible to everyone from elected officials and policym akers to parents and com m unity leaders.Learn about em erging research,prom ising practices,and policy decisions that are helping to shape secondary schoolreform in A m erica
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A lliance for E xcellent E ducation 1201 C onnecticut A venue,N W Suite 901 W ashington,D C 20036-2605 Place Postage H ere Straight A’s focuses on education new s and events in W ashington,D C ,and around the country.T he form at m akes inform ation on nationaleducation issues accessible to everyone from elected officials and policym akers to parents and <span class="highlight">com</span> m unity leaders.Learn about em erging research,prom ising practices,and policy decisions that are helping to shape secondary schoolreform in A m erica
Career/Technical Education Framework (CA Dept. of Education)
Engineering Technology | 269 EN G IN EE R IN G A N D D ES IG N Standards Advanced Proficient Basic Unacceptable Leadership and Teamwork 9.3: Understand how to organize and structure work individually and in teams for effective performance and the attainment of goals. The team is observed working c...
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Engineering Technology | 269 EN G IN EE R IN G A N D D ES IG N Standards Advanced Proficient Basic Unacceptable Leadership and Teamwork 9.3: Understand how to organize and structure work individually and in teams for effective performance and the attainment of goals. The team is observed working cooperatively and effectively. All members participate and contribute. Effective use is made of the tools of TQM and QI. Project is com- pleted before the deadline. The team is observed
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Agricultural Business | 143 A G R IC U LT U R E A N D N A T U R A L R ES O U R C ES Performance task rubric: Your grade will be based on the following rubric. Individual teachers should determine how to weight the standards and assign points for each level. Standards Advanced Proficient Basic Unacceptable ANR A4.6: Understand how to determine the tax obligations for an agribusiness. Student <span class="highlight">com</span>- pletes all three forms within 5 percent of the correct total. Student <span class="highlight">com</span>- pletes all three
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Mechanical Construction | 207 B U IL D IN G T R A D ES A N D C O N ST R U C T IO N Standards Advanced Proficient Basic Unacceptable Academics 1.2 Investigation and Experimentation (grades nine through twelve) 1.a: Select and use appropriate tools and technol- ogy (such as <span class="highlight">com</span>- puter-linked probes, spreadsheets, and graphing calculators) to perform tests, collect data, analyze relationships, and display data. (10 points) Uses a multime- ter to measure multiple quali- ties and sets up
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con- ventional energy resources, giving three examples for each. (5 points) Students calculate the percentage of increase and decrease of energy resources for the four types of con- ventional energy resources, giving one example for each. (3 points) Students calculate the percentage of increase and de- crease of energy resources for up to three types of conventional energy resources. (1 point) Communications 2.1 Reading <span class="highlight">Com</span>- prehension (grades nine and ten) 2.6: Demonstrate use of
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Engineering Technology | 269 EN G IN EE R IN G A N D D ES IG N Standards Advanced Proficient Basic Unacceptable Leadership and Teamwork 9.3: Understand how to organize and structure work individually and in teams for effective performance and the attainment of goals. The team is observed working cooperatively and effectively. All members participate and contribute. Effective use is made of the tools of TQM and QI. Project is <span class="highlight">com</span>- pleted before the deadline. The team is observed
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completely <span class="highlight">com</span>- municates the processes observed and measured. (15 points) Analysis of map- ping tools, func- tions, and features is general and focuses on the busi- ness applications of the software. The analysis <span class="highlight">com</span>- municates the processes observed and measured. (10 points) Analysis of map- ping tools, func- tions, and features lacks detail and focus on business applications. The analysis does not successfully communicate the processes observed and measured. (5 points) Analysis of mapping
African American Heritage and Culture
Cover illustrations © 2007 by Rachel Isadora, from The Twelve Dancing Princesses 0108 RS Dial Books for Young Readers • Dutton Children’s Books Firebird • Grosset & Dunlap • Philomel Books Price Stern Sloan • Puffin Books • G. P. Putnam’s Sons Speak &bul...
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Cover illustrations © 2007 by Rachel Isadora, from The Twelve Dancing Princesses 0108 RS Dial Books for Young Readers • Dutton Children’s Books Firebird • Grosset & Dunlap • Philomel Books Price Stern Sloan • Puffin Books • G. P. Putnam’s Sons Speak • Viking Children’s Books Divisions of Penguin Young Readers Group 345 Hudson Street • New York, NY 10014 www .penguin .<span class="highlight">com</span>/youngreaders
T.S. Eliot: About World War I
World War I Evacuating an early casualty. 1 July, 1916. Online photo source: http://www.worldwar1.com/pharc001.htmWorld War I| About World War I | A World War I Photo Essay | Prepared and Compiled by Cary Nelson Return to | Carl Sandburg | Amy Lowell | Alice Dunbar-Nelson | T.S. Eliot |...
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