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Chapter 4 Historical perspectives on income distribution: The case of Europe
Morrisson, Christian - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 1, (pp. 217-260). 2000
The evolution of income distribution over two centuries is an attractive topic because it allows one to test the inverse U-curve hypothesis using long series instead of cross-section data. In Section 1 the distribution trends in countries where global data are available, is considered, that is...
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Livestock complements livelihoods of highway builders in bhutan
Wangchuk, Kesang; Wangdi, Jigme; Mindu, Mindu; … - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 24 (2020) 3, pp. 256-266
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Dynamic effects of drought on U.S. crop and livestock sectors
Leister, Amanda M.; Paarlberg, Philip Lynn; Lee, John G. - In: Journal of agricultural and applied economics : JAEE 47 (2015) 2, pp. 261-284
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An analysis of climate adaptation by livestock farmers in the Asian tropics
Ou, Lun; Mendelsohn, Robert O. - In: Climate change economics 8 (2017) 3, pp. 1-15
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The financialization of food?
Bruno, Valentina G.; Buyuksahin, Bahattin; Robe, Michel A. - In: American journal of agricultural economics 99 (2017) 1, pp. 243-264
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Chapter 47 Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries: An Assessment
Nin, Alejandro; Ehui, Simeon; Benin, Samuel - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2461-2532). 2007
This chapter assesses livestock productivity in the developing world in the context of growing demand for livestock … international markets. Issues related to the roles of the various partners in livestock research are also considered and modalities … discussed. The chapter starts discussing the factors affecting livestock development and how these factors interact at different …
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Socioeconomic burden of trypanosomiasis : evidence from crop and livestock production in Ethiopia
Abro, Zewdu; Fetene, Gebeyehu Manie; Kassie, Menale; … - In: Journal of agricultural economics : JAE 74 (2023) 3, pp. 785-799
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Livestock asset dynamics amongst pastoralists in Northern Kenya
Mburu, Samuel Kahumu; Kaiser, Micha; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - In: Journal of African economies 32 (2023) 5, pp. 572-597
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Chapter 8. Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty : Rich and Middle-Income Countries
Morelli, Salvatore; Smeeding, Timothy; Thompson, Jeffrey - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 593-696). 2015
Like the other chapters in this volume of the Handbook of Income Distribution (and its predecessor), the aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area of research. We examine the literature on post-1970 trends in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011...
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A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation
Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - 2017
We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p , the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight...
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