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With all the talk in Europe about “Islam” and “Muslim culture” it is surprising how little hard-core empirical evidence exists on the compatibility of “Muslim culture” with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in the world system in the 1980s, 1990s, and...
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penetration. Keywords: cross-section models, income distribution, inequality, international economic order, economic welfare …
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-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …
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-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …
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In this study we make an attempt to visualize the structure of the economy of Udalguri Subdivision of Assam, India. The structure of an economy comprises the characteristic features of and the interrelationships among its constituent parts and subsystems. These characteristic features and...
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per capita income in the U.S. over the period 1969-2000. For each of the 48 coterminous states we examine measures of … inequality and spatial clustering and explore how a state's overall income level may be influenced by, or influence, these … illustrate some new techniques for analyzing regional income dynamics. The results provide insight into the possible …
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Standard official measures of economic well-being are based on money income. The general consensus is that such … economic well-being is substantially altered when money income is adjusted for wealth or public consumption. …
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rose much more among families whose major income recipient is a university graduate than among other families; 4) real … median and average wealth fell among families whose major income recipient is aged 25–34 and increased among those whose … major income recipient is aged 55 and over; 5) the aging of the Canadian population over the 1984–1999 period has tended to …
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The paper presents a non-technical summary of the current state of debate on the measurement and implications of global inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality. It shows why global inequality matters and...
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This paper attempts to define financial globalization as a process whereby financial markets internationally are integrated so closely that they can be considered as a single market. The process, viewed as a by- product of financial liberalization, is only a necessary condition for financial...
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