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@espry

Economist working on poverty, inequality and health.

DeepSeek is much slower this morning. Reasoning streams on turtle mode and "thinking time" way up compared to past days. Throttled by explosive demand? But the slow "thinking out loud" is oddly mesmerizing. And the results still perfect! (And GPUs still hot - $NVDA rebound?)


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If within-country inequality doesn’t change and GDP per capita grows per World Bank forecasts, “our simulations suggest that the number of extreme poor (living on less than $1.90/day) will remain above 600 million in 2030.” link.springer.com/article/10.100… by @ChristophLakner et al

DaveEvansPhD's tweet image. If within-country inequality doesn’t change and GDP per capita grows per World Bank forecasts, “our simulations suggest that the number of extreme poor (living on less than $1.90/day) will remain above 600 million in 2030.” link.springer.com/article/10.100… by @ChristophLakner et al

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"Reducing each country’s Gini index by 1% per year has a larger impact on global poverty than increasing each country’s annual growth 1 percentage point above forecasts."

JustinSandefur's tweet image. "Reducing each country’s Gini index by 1% per year has a larger impact on global poverty than increasing each country’s annual growth 1 percentage point above forecasts."

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World Bank 2002: Growth is good for the poor link.springer.com/article/10.102… World Bank 2022: Reducing inequality is even better link.springer.com/article/10.100…

JustinSandefur's tweet image. World Bank 2002: Growth is good for the poor
link.springer.com/article/10.102…

World Bank 2022: Reducing inequality is even better
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
JustinSandefur's tweet image. World Bank 2002: Growth is good for the poor
link.springer.com/article/10.102…

World Bank 2022: Reducing inequality is even better
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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In a new @CESifoGroup wp., @maxemilking and I find that parenthood can be a crucial barrier to the political careers of women. Using data from Norway, we show that women drop out of politics to a larger extent than men after their first child is born. [1/5]

JFiva's tweet image. In a new @CESifoGroup wp., @maxemilking and I find that parenthood can be a crucial barrier to the political careers of women. Using data from Norway, we show that women drop out of politics to a larger extent than men after their first child is born. [1/5]

The #wealthinequality elephant curve 1995-2021. Very high growth in wealth at top of the "trunk" (top 1% captured 38% of growth), "wealth squeeze" of middle class in rich countries, and modest growth in middle income countries, but from very low base. See #InequalityReport.

espry's tweet image. The #wealthinequality elephant curve 1995-2021. Very high growth in wealth at top of the "trunk" (top 1% captured 38% of growth), "wealth squeeze" of middle class in rich countries, and modest growth in middle income countries, but from very low base.  See #InequalityReport.

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New blog on how global inequality is affected by cross-country differences in the macro impact of COVID-19, with @nishant_yonzan and Daniel Mahler. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/covid…


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We are hiring for a one-year full-time position in the Global Poverty and Inequality Data team @worldbankdata. Working on global poverty. @DMJ2020. Deadline next week (12 February). worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite…


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Our societal poverty line captures the fact that the real value of countries' own national poverty lines typically increases as countries become richer. For more details on the line, see paper by @DMJ2020 and @espry: academic.oup.com/wber/advance-a…

academic.oup.com

Societal Poverty: A Relative and Relevant Measure

Abstract. Poverty lines are typically higher in richer countries, and lower in poorer ones, reflecting the relative nature of national assessments of who i


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Because the societal poverty line rises with median income, it is not surprising that societal poverty has declined at a slower pace than extreme poverty. public.flourish.studio/visualisation/…


Updated numbers and trends of global societal poverty.

In 2018, the World Bank introduced a Societal Poverty Line, combining fixed and relative elements of poverty. We updated the numbers: Around a quarter or the world (or 2 billion people) are poor by this measure. @marta_schoch @DMJ2020 @worldbankdata blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/quart…



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Reflections on four years of using data to explain the world andrewwhitby.com/2020/11/23/ref…


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Update of @WorldBank's global #poverty numbers: - New global #poverty estimates for 2017, most regions to 2018. - Revised 2011 PPPs: Poverty lines & regional/global estimates unchanged. - New #Nigeria data - Annual numbers now available blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/septe…

ChristophLakner's tweet image. Update of @WorldBank's global #poverty numbers: 
- New global #poverty estimates for 2017, most regions to 2018.
- Revised 2011 PPPs: Poverty lines & regional/global estimates unchanged. 
- New #Nigeria data
- Annual numbers now available
blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/septe…

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Last week we updated the estimates of how many people #covid19 will push into extreme poverty: blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/updat… Our new paper shows what happens if inequality changes: documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/765…

ChristophLakner's tweet image. Last week we updated the estimates of how many people #covid19 will push into extreme poverty: blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/updat… Our new paper shows what happens if inequality changes: documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/765…

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New PPPs were released earlier this week. How do they affect the World Bank’s global poverty estimates? We are taking a first look in a new paper and blog documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191… blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/how-d…

ChristophLakner's tweet image. New PPPs were released earlier this week. How do they affect the World Bank’s global poverty estimates? We are taking a first look in a new paper and blog
documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191…
blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/how-d…

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Thread! The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria (English) | The World Bank documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/626… 1/6


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New blog with a simulation of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty: COVID-19 is likely to cause the first increase in global poverty since 1998. With Daniel Mahler, @RACastanedaA and Haoyu Wu. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/impac…

ChristophLakner's tweet image. New blog with a simulation of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty: COVID-19 is likely to cause the first increase in global poverty since 1998. With Daniel Mahler, @RACastanedaA and Haoyu Wu. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/impac…

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