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Informal Transfers in Comparisons of Income Distributions: Lessons from Rich and Middle-Income Countries

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  • Yixia Cai

  • Martin Evans

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Developing countries rely more heavily on financial transfers between private households for economic welfare. Using data from three middle income and three high income countries in the Luxembourg Income Study Database, this paper examines the effects of such transfers on within country comparison of inequality. Deducting private transfer payments from disposable income increases inequality, but effects differ by the position of donor and receiving households in the distribution, by urban or rural location and by age of household members. We conclude that considering the role of private financial transfers is crucial to income inequality analysis.

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  • Yixia Cai & Martin Evans, 2019. "Informal Transfers in Comparisons of Income Distributions: Lessons from Rich and Middle-Income Countries," LIS Working papers 705, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    1. Yixia Cai & Timothy Smeeding, 2019. "Deep and Extreme Child Poverty in Rich and Poor Nations: Lessons from Atkinson for the Fight Against Child Poverty," LIS Working papers 780, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    2. Rachel Karen, 2023. "Private Transfers and Poverty Reduction in the United States and France," LIS Working papers 864, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    3. Yixia Cai & Timothy Smeeding, 2020. "Deep and Extreme Child Poverty in Rich and Poor Nations: Lessons from Atkinson for the Fight Against Child Poverty," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 6(1), pages 109-128, March.

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    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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