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Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries
Coast, Ernestina; Leone, Tiziana; Hirose, Atsumi; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Our search of 12 databases yielded 2202 articles, of which 47 items from 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746111
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Social exclusion and children: a European view for a US debate
Micklewright, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its application to children has seen relatively little discussion. What could be meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper. Among other things, I consider the choice of reference group, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125982
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Measuring well-being and exclusion in Europe's regions
Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
The Lisbon summit of the European Council in March 2000 declared the number of people living in poverty and social exclusion in the European Union to be unacceptable, and called for steps to tackle the issue, beginning with the setting of targets for particular indicators. The targets suggested...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126405
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Foundations for measuring equality: a discussion paper for the equalities review
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The Equalities Review is an independent panel set up by the UK government in 2005 to investigate the persistence of social inequalities and to make recommendations for the development of a unified Commission for Equality and Human Rights. This paper was originally written for the Review. It...
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Developing and agreeing a capability list in the British context: what can be learnt from social survey data on ‘rights’?
Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
The paper examines what can be learnt about the ‘valuation’ of freedoms and opportunities (or capabilities) using a general population social survey data source on values. On the assumption that rights can be understood as protecting underlying critical freedoms and opportunities, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071145
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Developing a capability list: final recommendations of the equalities review steering group on measurement
Vizard, Polly; Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
companion paper discusses the key challenges involved in translating capability theory into a practical measurement tool in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071280
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Definition of equality and framework for measurement: final recommendations of the equalities review steering group on measurement
Burchardt, Tania; Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
translating capability theory into a practical measurement tool in the context of measuring inequality in Britain in the 21st …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071284
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The wealth and poverty of nations: true PPPs for 141 countries
Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
household consumption, such as the ones published by the World Bank, are not based explicitly on economic theory. So it is not … empirical evidence against homotheticity. The estimates of the standard of living in this paper are based on the economic theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071065
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Knowing what is good for you: empirical analysis of personal preferences and the 'objective good'
Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
between these two in the case of basic needs. For the analysis, individuals’ self-reported life satisfaction is used as a … social relations – significantly influence people’s satisfaction, ceteris paribus. Next, the stability of preferences is … between life satisfaction and basic measures of well-being despite the landslide of societal and economic transformation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126250
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One man's rags are another man's riches: identifying adaptive preferences using panel data
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
satisfaction of aspirations or expectations, and if these are affected by the individual’s previous experience of deprivation or … scaling of satisfaction. The results show that year on year, individuals who have experienced a fall in income since the …. This suggests that income is a poor proxy for satisfaction but it does not provide firm evidence for the existence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126358