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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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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 1. The Role of the Labour Market

Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...

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Enhancing Labour Utilisation in a Socially Inclusive Society in Australia

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

Australia faces the mutually reinforced challenges of boosting labour supply and promoting social inclusion. Labour underutilisation is especially prevalent among groups such as lone parents, people with disability, and Indigenous Australians. These are also groups at greatest risk of social...

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Making Economic Growth more Socially Inclusive in Germany

Kappeler, Andreas; Hutfilter, Andrés Fuentes - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

While past labour market reforms have been successful in terms of employment, the relative poverty risk and income …

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A Fragile Pillar: Statutory Pensions and the Risk of Old-Age Poverty in Germany

Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 66 (2010) 4, pp. 419-441

is a growing fear of postretirement poverty in Germany. We develop a microsimulation model to compare the distribution of … find growing postretirement poverty, especially among low-skilled workers. Eastern Germany will lose its current advantage …

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Tax Increment Financing and Education Expenditures: The Case of Iowa

Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 4, pp. 515-540

This is the first study to directly examine the relationship between tax increment financing (TIF) and education expenditures, using the state of Iowa as a case study. I find that greater use of TIF is associated with reduced education expenditures. I also find little evidence to support the...

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Inequality of Human Opportunities in Developing Asia

Son, Hyun H. - In: Asian Development Review 30 (2013) 2, pp. 110-130

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Women in the IT sector: Is there an English language premium?

Chandramohan, B.P.; Gajanan, Shailendra N.; Muthulakshmi, B. - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 4 (2011) 4, pp. 378-389

enrolment rates, poverty and women empowerment. …

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Selection, Availability, and Opportunity: The Conditional Effect of Poverty on Terrorist Group Participation

Kavanagh, Jennifer - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 1, pp. 106-132

Poverty is often identified as a determinant of terrorist group participation, but existing research reveals mixed … this article, the author argues that poverty should increase terrorist group participation only for individuals with high …. Poverty increases the likelihood of participation in Hezbollah only for those with at least high school education. …

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Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH conditional cash transfer programme

Levy, Dan; Ohls, Jim - In: Journal of Development Effectiveness 2 (2010) 4, pp. 421-441

This paper summarises the findings of an evaluation of the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), a conditional cash transfer programme implemented by the Government of Jamaica. The authors find that PATH was generally implemented as intended; exhibited better targeting to...

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