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Quantifying the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality an application to Mozambique by Gradin, Carlos

“…In this paper, I quantify the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality. This is defined as the sum of the contributions of its members, with these…”
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Revisiting the trends in global inequality by Gradín, Carlos

“…•To assess the trend of global income inequality, we must address the challenges of scarce and heterogeneous data and the diversity of opinions on what…”
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Occupational segregation by race in South Africa after apartheid by Gradín, Carlos

“…This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using…”
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Segregation of women into low-paying occupations in the United States by Gradín, Carlos

“…We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider the stratification of occupations by gender, i.e. when either women or men are…”
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Occupational Gender Segregation in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Gradín, Carlos

“…This study shows that occupations in South Africa are segregated and stratified by gender. While some women (mostly Black and "Coloured") overwhelmingly fill…”
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Inequality by Population Groups and Income Sources: Accounting for Inequality Changes in Spain During the Recession by Gradín, Carlos

“…I discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I estimate a matrix with rows and columns…”
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MEASURING POVERTY ACCOUNTING FOR TIME by Gradin, Carlos, Del Rio, Coral, Canto, Olga

“…In this paper we make a methodological proposal to measure poverty accounting for time by proposing a new family of intertemporal poverty indexes that aims at…”
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Inequality by Population Groups and Income Sources by Gradín, Carlos

“…I discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I estimate a matrix with rows and columns…”
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Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with India by Gradín, Carlos, Wu, Binbin

“…We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries represent extreme cases in the relationship of…”
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Poverty among minorities in the United States: explaining the racial poverty gap for Blacks and Latinos by Gradin, Carlos

“…The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, show official poverty rates at least twice as high as those…”
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Race and Income Distribution: Evidence from the USA, Brazil and South Africa by Gradin, Carlos

“…The aim of this paper is to provide some empirical evidence about black–white differentials in the distribution of income and wellbeing in three different…”
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Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Living Conditions in Costa Rica by Gradin, Carlos

“…Using information from the 2011 census, we analyze the differential in living standards by race, ethnicity, and country of birth in Costa Rica. We identify the…”
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Conditional occupational segregation of minorities in the US by Gradín, Carlos

“…We analyze the role of the demographic and human capital characteristics of minorities in the US in explaining their high occupational segregation with respect…”
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Investigating Growing Inequality in Mozambique by Gradín, Carlos, Tarp, Finn

“…In this paper, we investigate the long‐term trend of consumption inequality in Mozambique. We show that an imbalanced growth path disproportionally benefited…”
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Gender Inequality in Employment in Mozambique by Gradín, Carlos, Tarp, Finn

“…We investigate the gender employment gap in the expanding non‐subsistence sector of the economy in Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large…”
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Poverty and Ethnicity among Black South Africans by Gradin, Carlos

“…This article investigated inequalities across the major black ethnic groups in South Africa, accounting for 80 per cent of the country’s population. We have…”
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Introduction to Special Issue on: ‘Inequalities in the Least Developed Countries – Some Lessons from Africa’ by Gradín, Carlos, Tarp, Finn

“…This special issue comprises six papers analysing different dimensions of inequalities in African countries. Three papers deal with the trend in inequality in…”
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Race, poverty and deprivation in South Africa by Gradin, C.

“…The aim of this paper was to explain why poverty and material deprivation in South Africa are significantly higher among those of African descent than among…”
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Why is Poverty So High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap by Gradin, Carlos

“…This study aimed to identify the major factors underlying the discrepancy in poverty levels between whites and blacks in Brazil. An Oaxaca-Blinder-type…”
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Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Living Conditions in C osta R ica by Gradín, Carlos

“…Using information from the 2011 census, we analyze the differential in living standards by race, ethnicity, and country of birth in C osta R ica. We identify…”
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