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Towards a System of Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Global Inequality Estimates from WID.world
(Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, 2020-10)
This paper briefly presents the methodology of Distributional National Accounts (DINA), which distributes total national income and total wealth among all individual residents. With DINA, we can estimate inequality statistics ...
La movilidad intergeneracional del ingreso y sus métodos de estimación. Un análisis comparativo para Argentina y ChileThe intergenerational income mobility and its estimation methods. A comparative analysis for Argentina and Chile
(Elsevier Doyma Sl, 2018-01)
El principal objetivo de este artículo es evaluar la performance, a partir de datos para Chile y Argentina, de distintos estimadores de la elasticidad intergeneracional del ingreso (EII) que constituye la medida de inmovilidad ...
A Prospective, Population-Based Study of Trends in Operative Vaginal Delivery Compared to Cesarean Delivery Rates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2010-2016
(Thieme Medical Publ Inc, 2019-06)
Objective Few data are available on cesarean delivery and operative vaginal delivery trends in low- and middle-income countries. Our objective was to analyze a prospective population-based registry including eight sites ...
Evaluating a multicomponent program to improve hypertension control in Guatemala: Study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial
(BioMed Central, 2020-06)
Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite advances in hypertension prevention and treatment, the proportion of patients who are aware, treated and controlled is low, particularly ...
Global inequities in dietary calcium intake during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-09)
Background: Evidence shows that adequate calcium intake during pregnancy reduces the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. In most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) the daily calcium intake is well below ...
Human Capital and the Quality of Education in a Poverty Trap Model
(Routledge, 2011-03-17)
This paper presents a model of a poverty trap that is caused by an unequal initial income and human capital distribution and differences in the quality of education between children from more and less advantaged social ...
Determinants of unreported income in Latin American companies: a business perspective
(Inderscience, 2021-06)
This study aims to empirically identify factors associated with unreported income in Latin American registered firms. We use World Bank Enterprise Survey 2017 data from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and ...
mHealth Interventions to Counter Noncommunicable Diseases in Developing Countries
(W B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc, 2017-02)
mHealth constitutes a promise for health care delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where health care systems are unprepared to combat the threat of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This article assesses the ...
A short episodic history of income distribution in Argentina
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2018-12)
In this paper, we use tax and household survey data to assess the history of income distribution in Argentina since the beginning of the 20th century. Until the 1970s, the country experienced a fall in inequality in spite ...
Sensory acceptability, consumption frequency, and factors associated with consumption of fruits and vegetables among low and medium income consumers in Argentina
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-03)
The acceptability, consumption frequency of fruits and vegetables (F&V), and the reasons for consuming these foods were studied. A total of 370 housewives carried out different tests: Sensory Acceptability, Consumption ...