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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?

Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …

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Measuring and understanding the well-being of South Africans: Everyday quality of life in South Africa

Higgs, Neil - In: Social Indicators Research 81 (2007) 2, pp. 331-356

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Youth and Well-Being: A South African Case Study

Makiwane, Monde; Kwizera, Stella - In: Social Indicators Research 91 (2009) 2, pp. 223-242

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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are they Compatible? Part 5. Poverty in OECD Countries

Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Poverty is an important policy issue in OECD countries and the recent crisis has made it even more pressing. This paper … highlights poverty rate differences across countries and reviews the various policies to tackle it. The OECD-wide poverty rate … poverty rate than working-age people and poverty is more wide-spread among women than men. Albeit boosting employment is …

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Does corruption affect income inequality and poverty?

Gupta, Sanjeev; Davoodi, Hamid; Alonso-Terme, Rosa - In: Economics of Governance 3 (2002) 1, pp. 23-45

This paper provides evidence that high and rising corruption increases income inequality and poverty. An increase of … inequality and poverty. An important implication of these findings is that policies that reduce corruption will most likely … reduce income inequality and poverty as well. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002 …

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Inequality and Poverty in the United States: Public Policies for Inclusive Growth

Denk, Oliver; Hagemann, Robert P.; Lenain, Patrick; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … poverty through better targeting of the truly needy while reducing administrative complexity.<P>Inégalités et pauvreté aux …

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Would Freeing Up World Trade Reduce Poverty and Inequality? The Vexed Role of Agricultural Distortions

Anderson, Kym; Cockburn, John; Martin, Will - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

reduce some forms of poverty and inequality but worsen others, so the net effects are unclear without empirical modeling … the remaining distortions to world merchandise trade on poverty and inequality globally and in various developing … for a sample of 15 countries, and ten stand-alone national case studies, all point to larger reductions in poverty …

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Measuring Subjective Issues of Well-Being and Quality of Life in the European Statistical System

Smedt, Marleen - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 1, pp. 153-167

Over the last decades, the European Statistical System has developed many European statistics and indicators to measure social progress and sustainable development. Initially only in a few cases the measuring instruments contained questions on subjective issues. With the adoption of its...

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Evidence-Based Well-Being/Positive Psychology Assessment and Intervention with Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching and the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI)

Frisch, Michael - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 193-227

Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching (also known as Quality of Life Therapy) is a comprehensive, manualized, theory-based, and, according to Diener (2013) and Seligman (Flourish, Free Press, NY, <CitationRef CitationID="CR134">2011</CitationRef>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention...</citationref>

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The Concept, Dimensions and Methods of Assessment of Human Well-Being within a Socioecological Context: A Literature Review

King, Megan; Renó, Vivian; Novo, Evlyn - In: Social Indicators Research 116 (2014) 3, pp. 681-698

The concept of well-being has evolved over the past several decades as research has continued to reveal its multidimensional, dynamic, person-specific and culture-specific nature. Most recently, the ecological embeddedness of well-being has also gained recognition, and this development of the...

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