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Relative deprivation and individual well-being : low status and a feeling of relative deprivation are detrimental to health and happiness
Chen, Xi - 2015
People who are unable to maintain the same standard of living as others around them experience a sense of relative deprivation that has been shown to reduce feelings of well-being. Relative deprivation reflects conditions of worsening relative poverty despite striking reductions in absolute...
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Disentangling urban and rural food security in West Africa
Wesenbeeck, Cornelia Francisca Adriana van - 2018
population is scarce and fragmented. Using geo-referenced information available in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), this …
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A Flexible Model of Food Security : Estimation and Implications for Prediction
Davis, Will; Xilau, Jose O.; Tchernis, Rusty; Gregory, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we estimate our BGRM for responses to the 10 adult core Food Security … estimates. We explore the BGRM's ability to explain variations in health outcomes associated with food security and compare …
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Making New Zealand's economic growth more inclusive
Carey, David - 2015
education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material …. Māori, Pasifika and low-income households have also experienced slower rates of improvement in many health and education … housing and enhance health and education outcomes for disadvantaged groups. These reforms go in the right direction and, in …
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Making Economic Growth more Socially Inclusive in Germany
Kappeler, Andreas; Hutfilter, Andrés Fuentes - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
efficient and well-targeted redistribution; and to make health and old-age pension insurance more inclusive. This working paper …
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Multi-dimensional poverty in Australia and the barriers ill health imposes on the employment of the disadvantaged
Callander, Emily Joy; Schofield, Deborah J.; Shrestha, … - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 40 (2011) 6, pp. 736-742
have low family income, and have either poor health or an insufficient level of education. These individuals are some of … individuals also have poor health and/or a poor education and these capability limitations may act as barriers to their labour … force participation. Indeed, 49% of individuals in freedom poverty who were out of the labour force cited ill health as the …
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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India
Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255
similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health …
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Poverty and Unemployment: The Cases of Italy and Spain
Addabbo, Tindara; García-Fernández, Rosa; … - In: Social Exclusion. Short and Long Term Causes and …
This paper sets out to detect the costs of joblessness in Italy and Spain, two countries that show major differences in labour market structure and in their reaction to the crisis. We describe the different unemployment insurance systems in the two countries and how the crisis has hit the two...
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Measuring Poverty
Deaton, Angus - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2005) 1
Although we have more data than ever before at our disposal, measuring poverty remains a controversial issue. This paper discusses the ambiguity that arises from using different definitions and data sources in world poverty measurement. It opens with a critical review of the different procedures...
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Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect People Who Are Not Covered? Evidence from Documented and Undocumented, Hourly and Piece Rate Workers in U.S. Agriculture
Pena, Anita Alves - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013
exempt. Furthermore, U.S. agriculture is characterized by a large percentage of illegal migrants, and workers who are illegal … may or may not receive wages above minimum levels. This paper presents a case study, drawing from agriculture, that …
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