When growth is not enough : explaining the rigidity of poverty in the Dominican Republic /

The Dominican Republic stands out as a fast growing economy that has not been able to generate a commensurate reduction in poverty. Three reasons have been raised before to explain this conundrum: (i) a labor market that does not translate productivity gains into salary increases; (ii) a domestic ec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carneiro, Francisco Galrão (Editor ), Sirtaine, Sophie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank, 2017.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
Temas:
Poverty > Dominican Republic.
Pauvreté > République dominicaine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Economic history
Poverty
Dominican Republic > Economic conditions.
République dominicaine > Conditions économiques.
Dominican Republic
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview
  • Income definition, price indexes, and the poverty headcount in the Dominican Republic / Jaime Aristy-Escuder
  • Comparative advantage and labor demand / Shushanik Hakobyan and Daniel Lederman
  • Labor income share and biased technical change / Javier E. Baez, Andrés García-Suaza, and Liliana D. Sousa
  • Wage effects of Haitian migration in the Dominican Republic / Liliana D. Sousa, Diana Sanchez, and Javier E. Baez
  • Labor market implications of immigration and emigration in the Dominican Republic / Zovanga L. Kone and Caglar Ozden.

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