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positive impact of farm size and reinforce the negative effect of income. The model is estimated for rural Ghana and Pakistan … Pakistan and for girls in Ghana but there is no income effect for the other two groups of children. We find interesting effects …
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Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable and noted feature of Chinese society. The paper … social policies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined. The limitations of a social policy that … livelihood approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty and inequality are considered. …
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pre-stigma roots in poverty and the socio-psychological and cultural impact of long-term illness. Thus the actuality or … psychological impact of illness and the sociopsychological and structural realities of diabetes care in Ghana. …
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The current global economic crisis is expected to produce adverse mental health effects that may increase suicide and alcohol-related death rates in affected countries. In nations with greater social safety nets, the health impacts of the economic downturn may be less pronounced. Research...
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We present a framework for the analysis of tax and benefit policy in countries with significant informality. Our framework allows us to jointly analyse the effects of various taxes and benefits on incentives for firms and workers to be informal and evade taxation. We find that payroll taxes and...
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Key Points: London local government has taken a 33 per cent real terms cut in service funding from central government between 2009/10 and 2013/14. Councils have been making strenuous efforts to make large savings without cutting front line services, and to protect services for those who need...
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Key Points: London local government has taken a 33 per cent real terms cut in service funding from central government between 2009/10 and 2013/14. Councils have been making strenuous efforts to make large savings without cutting front line services, and to protect services for those who need...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126497
This article contributes to the ongoing debate about the impact of globalization on welfare systems across the world. Its argument is that economic globalization alters the global balance of forces compared with the ‘Golden Age’ of welfare capitalism, but that its impact on policies and...
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-income families, looking specifically at the effects on poverty, family expenditures, and child health and development. The paper … finds some commonalities but also some notable differences. Common to both countries is a sizable reduction in child poverty …, although the reduction in child poverty in the US has been less, and some families appear to have been left behind. Expenditure …
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significant correlation and regression coefficients which suggest a link between inflation and inequality, while poverty appears …
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