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The contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the field of human rights
Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
his paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways in which Sen’s research agenda has deepened and expanded human rights discourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how his...
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Inheritance and the distribution of wealth
Cowell, Frank - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
The theory of functional equations is used to clarify the relationship between equilibrium distributions of wealth and …
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Does the rotten child spoil his companion?: spatial peer effects among children in rural india
Helmers, Christian; Patnam, Manasa - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
cognitive development in Andhra Pradesh, India. Our peer group definition takes the form of networks, whose structure allows us …
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Communication externalities in cities
Charlot, Sylvie; Duranton, Gilles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
To identify communication externalities in French cities, we exploit a unique survey recording workplace communication of individual workers. Our hypothesis is that in larger and/or more educated cities, workers should communicate more. In turn, more communication should have a positive effect...
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Social housing, neighborhood quality and student performance
Weinhardt, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal …
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Child support awards in Britain: an analysis of data from the families and children study
Morris, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
This paper examines the extent to which mothers that care for children where the father is non-resident have an award … or agreement for child support in place. Data from the Families and Children Study are used to explore not only whether … disadvantaged. Moreover, awards were less commonplace where there were fewer children, where mothers claimed Income Support, were …
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Public policy and inequalities of choice and autonomy
Burchardt, Tania; Evans, Martin; Holder, Holly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This article explores the conceptualisation of choice as autonomy using three components – self-reflection, active decision-making, and quality and range of options - and investigates empirical inequalities in autonomy, using newly-collected data for the UK. ‘Choice’ has been promoted in...
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Non-residential fatherhood and child involvement: evidence from the millennium cohort study
Kiernan, Kathleen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
Fifteen per cent of British babies are now born to parents who are neither cohabiting nor married. Little is known about non-residential fatherhood that commences with the birth of a child. Here, we use the Millennium Cohort Study to examine a number of aspects of this form of fatherhood....
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Constraint and opportunity: identifying voluntary non-employment
Burchardt, Tania; Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
This paper is an attempt to assess the extent to which the behaviour of an individual is the result of the constraints that he or she faces – factors beyond individual control - or the result of the exercise of his or her preferences. The study concentrates on participation or...
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Constraint and opportunity: identifying voluntary non-employment
Burchardt, Tania; Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
This CASEbrief summarises findings from CASEpaper 40, Constraint and opportunity: Identifying voluntary non-employment by Tania Burchardt and Julian Le Grand
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