Immiserizing growth occurs in real-world international trade economies
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Empirical and theoretical evidence confirms that immiserizing growth occurs in real-world economies, with studies documenting that economic growth occasionally fails to generate poverty reduction or can even worsen welfare.
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Immiserizing Growth Fails the Poor
2024 · cited by 2
This work examines the real-world occurrence and mechanisms of immiserizing growth, using historical and empirical household data to demonstrate when and why economic growth fails to reduce poverty.
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Introduction
2024 · cited by 0
This introductory overview notes that immiserizing growth occurs in real-world economies roughly 10 to 35 percent of the time depending on definitions and datasets used.