Browsing by Subject "Measurement"

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    • An Individual-based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries 
      Burchi, Francesco; Espinoza Delgado, José; Montenegro Muñoz, Claudio Enrique; Rippin, Nicole (Routledge, 2021)
      This paper proposes a new index of multidimensional poverty, called the Global Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (G-CSPI), which has three interesting features. First, it encompasses three dimensions: decent work, ...
    • Hyper-fortunes and superrich: why does wealth tax make sense 
      López, Ramón E.; Sturla, Gino (Comisión Económica para América Latina y El Caribe, Chile, 2020)
      This article proposes a model to estimate the wealth of the richest groups in society and to design an efficient wealth tax system. For design and implementation issues, it reviews comparative international experience ...
    • Is financial literacy an economic good? 
      Castro, Rubén; Fortunato, Andrés (CEPAL, 2015)
      Financial literacy (FL) is generally regarded as an economic good which individuals choose whether or not to consume depending on how much of a contribution they expect it to make to the quality of their financial ...
    • Socio-economic and geographic profiling of crime in Chile 
      Rivera Cayupi, Jorge; Núñez Errázuriz, Javier; Gutiérrez, Mauro (Naciones Unidas, 2009)
      Many empirical studies of crime assume that victims and perpetrators live in a single geographical unit, the implication being that the socio-economic characteristics of victims’ places of residence can be treated as ...