Katy Bergstrom
Biographic Data
| ID | 6010182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katy Bergstrom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katy |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergstrom |
| SIGNATURE | BERGSTROM K |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank Group |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Role of Inequality for Poverty Reduction
Using World Bank PovcalNet data from \n 1974-2018 for 135 countries, this paper approximates the \n identity that links growth in mean incomes and changes in \n the distribution of relative incomes to reductions in \n absolute poverty, and, in turn, examines the role of income \n inequality for poverty reduction. The analysis finds that \n the assumption that income is log-normally distributed \n allows one to approximate the identity well. Using…
Does Selling State Silver Generate Private Gold? Neighbourhood Impacts of State House Sales
This paper utilises two politically determined natural experiments affecting state-provided social housing to examine the impact that housing tenure status has on neighbourhood outcomes. From 1990, New Zealand’s National government sold a substantial number of state houses either to existing tenants (Home Buys) or to other purchasers (vacant sales). From 1999, the Labour government ended Home Buys, reduced vacant sales and increased acquisitions.…
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Does Selling State Silver Generate Private Gold? Neighbourhood Impacts of State House Sales
This paper utilises two politically determined natural experiments affecting state-provided social housing to examine the impact that housing tenure status has on neighbourhood outcomes. From 1990, New Zealand’s National government sold a substantial number of state houses either to existing tenants (Home Buys) or to other purchasers (vacant sales). From 1999, the Labour government ended Home Buys, reduced vacant sales and increased acquisitions.…
The Role of Inequality for Poverty Reduction
Using World Bank PovcalNet data from \n 1974-2018 for 135 countries, this paper approximates the \n identity that links growth in mean incomes and changes in \n the distribution of relative incomes to reductions in \n absolute poverty, and, in turn, examines the role of income \n inequality for poverty reduction. The analysis finds that \n the assumption that income is log-normally distributed \n allows one to approximate the identity well. Using…
Economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Development economics (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Falling (accident (1 work) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (1 work) · Government (linguistics (1 work) · House price (1 work)