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well-known inequality indices. The same cannot be said, in respect of poverty indices, for the second-order stochastic … dominance criterion for poverty analysis introduced by Atkinson (1987). Indeed, two of the best known poverty indices, the head … provides a more comprehensive coverage of poverty indice. By establishing the relationship between welfare and poverty …
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This paper documents the impact of Argentina's recent economic crises on different aspects of poverty, with a special … focus on the economic collapse of 2002. We discuss the methodology of poverty measurement in Argentina and we use a simple … rule to compensate for the lack of regional poverty figures until 2001, providing consistent series of urban poverty …
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-adjusted income and poverty measures and to analyze their determinants. Taking risk into account increases poverty. The regression …
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This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing … still lack a unified framework. Echoing Atkinson (1987), this paper addresses the question of how poverty should be measured …
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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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Non-communicable diseases account for more than 50% of deaths in adults aged 15–59 years in most low income countries. Depression and diabetes carry an enormous public health burden, making the identification of risk factors for these disorders an important strategy. While socio-economic...
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Relative poverty in the UK has risen massively since 1979 mainly because of increasing worklessness, rising earnings … dispersion and benefits indexed to prices, not wages. So poverty is now at a very high level. The economic forces underlying this … tail in the skill distribution, there is no practical possibility of policy reducing relative poverty to 1979 levels. …
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This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in … 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight mechanisms for the relationships between poverty and PND in … LLMICs. The research base on the relationships between poverty and PND in LLMIC is limited, but has recently expanded. It is …
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The standard approach to the study of poverty assumes the existence of an ideal variable that captures the extent of … deprivation. In this paper we postulate that poverty is involved with many dimensions. We use a latent variable framework to …
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poor - instead of the entire transition matrix. Various poverty duration models accommodating unobserved population …
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