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The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty

Jenkins, Stephen P.; van Kerm, Philippe - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the European Union's (EU's) portfolio of … EU countries drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we … explain how the near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from …

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The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty

Jenkins, Stephen P.; van Kerm, Philippe - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU’s portfolio of primary indicators … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the … near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126560

Multidimensional poverty and the state of child health in India

Mohanty, Sanjay K. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

multidimensional poverty and examines the linkages of poverty level with child health in India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in …

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More than just talk: the framing of transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa

Stoebenau, Kirsten; Nixon, Stephanie A.; Rubincam, Clara; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Background 'Transactional sex' was regarded by the mid-1990s as an important determinant of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to what the terms used to denote transactional sex suggest about how it is understood. This study provides a nuanced...

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Tenure reformed: planning for redress or progress in South Africa

James, Deborah - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This article explores the contradictory and contested but closely interlocking efforts of NGOs and the state in planning for land reform in South Africa. As government policy has come increasingly to favor the better-off who are potential commercial farmers, so NGO efforts have been directed,...

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Social Capital and Public Policy in Greece.

Paraskevopoulos, Christos J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Social capital has emerged as a key concept on the social sciences in general and political science/public policy in particular over the last two decades or so, because, by facilitating collective action among the actors, it leads to increased levels of performance in several public policy areas...

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Sustainability and well-being indicators

Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of … (GS) have merely focused on the capacity to provide utility in the future, but have not included the measurement of … failed to account for sustainability in their measurement of current well-being. The paper then critically reviews the Index …

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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

approach as its measurement framework and recommended that all public bodies use the framework to “agree priorities, set …: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement (CASEpaper 121), were prepared as background … papers to assist in the development of the measurement framework for the Equalities Review. It discusses the challenges in …

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Education or inflation? The roles of structural factors and macroeconomic instability in explaining Brazilian inequality in the 1980s

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Litchfield, Julie A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

significant correlation and regression coefficients which suggest a link between inflation and inequality, while poverty appears …

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A note on the estimation of intergenerational income correlations by the method of averaging

Abul Naga, Ramses H. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

. The Solon/Zimmerman estimator regresses a single-year measurement of the child's resources on a T-period average of the …

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