Preferences, Purchasing Power Parity, and Inequality : Analytical Framework, Propositions, and Empirical Evidence

This paper makes analytical, methodological and empirical contributions to the literature on purchasing power parity. Purchasing power parities are required in a host of cross-country welfare comparisons, such as poverty rates and gross domestic pr...

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Main Authors: Majumder, Amita, Ray, Ranjan, Santra, Sattwik
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24921639/preferences-purchasing-power-parity-inequality-analytical-framework-propositions-empirical-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22650