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We focus on the statics and dynamics of poverty in Spain using data from the first eight waves of the European … pattern of poverty changes noted by other authors for the early nineteen-nineties. After this period poverty reduces slightly …
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This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
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10% and real wages continue to stagnate. The chances that those who are born poor will escape from poverty are lower now …
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This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125904
It is widely agreed that the early years are a particularly important time for efforts to increase social mobility, because a good deal of inequality is already apparent by the time children start school, and because children’s development may be less amenable to change after they enter...
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This paper summarises key themes and research findings from papers presented at an event hosted by CASE on 23rd January 2014: - Blanden, J. & Macmillan, L. (2014) Education and Intergenerational Mobility: Help or Hindrance? CASEpaper (forthcoming) - Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L.,...
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We pursue an economic approach to analysing poverty. This requires a focus on the variables that individuals can … influence, such as forming or dissolving a union or having children. We argue that this indirect approach to modelling poverty … endogenous demographic and employment transitions as the driving forces behind changes in poverty. We construct a dataset …
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In this paper we examine the concept of "vulnerability" (Townsend 1994) within the context of income mobility of the … reveal specific quantiles, particularly those around the poverty line which are most susceptible to be vulnerable to shocks …
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. Physical impact and adaptive capacity together determine a country’s vulnerability to climate change. It seems both efficient …
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In this paper we adopt a theory of class positions based on employment relations to assess what implications individuals¿ class positions have for their economic life. In particular we consider economic security (the risk of unemployment), economic stability (the variability component in...
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