LEADER 04107oam 22004815 450 001 9910792921903321 005 20180302084124.0 010 $a1-4648-1037-0 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1036-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001399409 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4872091 035 $a(The World Bank)211036 035 $a(US-djbf)211036 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001399409 100 $a20020129d2017 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhen Growth Is Not Enough : $eExplaining the Rigidity of Poverty in the Dominican Republic /$fFrancisco Galrao Carneiro 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (178 pages) 225 1 $aDirections in Development;Directions in Development - Poverty 311 $a1-4648-1036-2 327 $aOverview -- Income definition, price indexes, and the poverty headcount in the Dominican Republic / Jaime Aristy-Escuder -- Comparative advantage and labor demand / Shushanik Hakobyan and Daniel Lederman -- Labor income share and biased technical change / Javier E. Baez, Andre?s Garci?a-Suaza, and Liliana D. Sousa -- Wage effects of Haitian migration in the Dominican Republic / Liliana D. Sousa, Diana Sanchez, and Javier E. Baez -- Labor market implications of immigration and emigration in the Dominican Republic / Zovanga L. Kone and Caglar Ozden. 330 3 $aThe Dominican Republic stands out as a fast growing economy that has not been able to generate a commensurate reduction in poverty. Three reasons have been raised before to explain this conundrum: (i) a labor market that does not translate productivity gains into salary increases; (ii) a domestic economy with weak inter-sectoral linkages; (iii) and a public sector that does not spend enough nor particularly well to reduce poverty. In addition, the country remains largely exposed to natural disasters and exogenous shocks that, if not mitigated properly, may affect the sustainability of growth in the medium and longer terms. This book assembles a collection of empirical analyses that explore three complementary hypotheses that could help understand why the Dominican Republic continues, to this date, experiencing high economic growth rates with limited poverty reduction. The first hypothesis is concerned with testing whether the observed pattern of fast economic growth cum persistent poverty in the DR is partly driven by a poverty methodology that does not account for price variation that affects distinctly the consumption patterns of low-income and better-off households. If that hypothesis holds, the DR may face a situation in which household income for households at the bottom of the distribution is underestimated. The second hypothesis tests whether the pattern of specialization in the DR might be such that it does not favor unskilled labor. If that hypothesis holds, then returns to capital are probably much higher than returns to labor which would be an indication that the DR has had a comparative advantage in products that are capital intensive instead of labor-intensive. The third hypothesis investigates whether poverty and wage inequality in the DR are affected not only by immigration but also by emigration. The contribution of the volume, therefore, lies in precisely offering a more careful exploration of specific issues around common explanations for the shortcomings of the DR in reducing poverty on a faster basis. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aEconomic development 607 $aDominican Republic$xEconomic conditions 607 $aDominican Republic$2fast 607 $aDominican republic$2gtt 615 0$aEconomic development. 676 $a338.9 700 $aGalrao Carneiro$b Francisco$01556952 702 $aCarneiro$b Francisco Galra?o 702 $aSirtaine$b Sophie 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792921903321 996 $aWhen Growth Is Not Enough$93820085 997 $aUNINA