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This study is concerned with the measurement of poverty in the context of developing countries. We argue that poverty … literature on this topic, our methodology introduces a critical but missing analytical distinction between time poverty and time … were considered “time wealthy.” -- Time poverty measurement ; time use ; poverty ; policy …
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-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post … poverty gap in Central and Eastern Europe, while generous welfare policies, specifically higher levels of spending on pensions …
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economic inequality imply the increasing use of part time women's and children work. High income inequality and poverty, in … for overcoming the poverty trap …
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Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities …
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paper, we further examine the presence of poverty-based asymmetries in the unpaid work time changes of men and women given … that the role of household production as a coping mechanism may vary by poverty status. We use the 2003-12 American Time …. Our findings reveal that the changes in men's and women's unpaid work time indeed varied by poverty status. In particular …
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This paper discusses time poverty (well-being) of the individual and puts it in the Ghanaian perspective. The paper … examine hours adults as well as children allocate to work. The paper measured time poverty from the Ghanaian context. Using … household or non-paid activities than their counterpart males. The paper further found education and time poverty to be …
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Equality of opportunity is a principle of justice that is built on two fundamental ideas. On the one hand, outcome differences across individuals are unacceptable if they are rooted in factors that are beyond individual control. Examples of such circumstance characteristics are the biological...
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Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119823
Poverty status is an important factor influencing household production and the unpaid work time associated with it due …, we examine the presence of poverty-based asymmetries in the unpaid work time changes of men and women during the Great … Recession. Using the 2003-12 American Time Use Survey, we find that these changes indeed varied by poverty status. In particular …
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impact of financial literacy on poverty, which is a downstream welfare indicator. Consequently, we have constructed a … composite financial literacy index. Our results reveal that financial literacy plays an important role in reducing poverty. This …
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