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Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China
Li, Bingqin; Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable andnoted feature of Chinese society. The paper … socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is … approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty andinequality are considered.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354041
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Mapping Poverty in Agar Town: Economic Conditions Prior to the Development of St. Pancras Station In 1866
Swensen, Steven P. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
Poverty.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870937
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A Profile of Poverty in Tajikistan
Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000
This paper examines the profile of poverty in Tajikistan, the most remoteand poorest of the independent states of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008733211
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Time and income poverty
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
[...]The research on which this report is based used both qualitative and quantitativemethods. In the first phase, a small number of semi-structured interviews were carriedout with people who were juggling work and family responsibilities, and who feltunder both time and income pressure. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008785041
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Aiming High – An evaluation of the potential contribution of Warm Front towards meeting the Government’s fuel poverty target in England
Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
Following the implementation of the government’s fuel poverty strategy in 2001, Warm Front is expected to make a …’s target of eliminating fuel poverty among vulnerable households by 2010, based largely on the recommendations in a recent … and fuel poverty.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836945
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Identifying Vulnerable Groups in the Kyrgyz LabourMarket: Some Implications for the National PovertyReduction Strategy
Bernabè, Sabine; Kolev, Alexandre - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003
poverty and social exclusion in the labourmarket. A particular attention is devoted to the working poor and precariousworkers …. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty MonitoringSurvey, which is the only survey to date that allows a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354057
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How Important Is the Stock Market Effect on Consumption?
Ludvigson, Sydney C.; Steindel, Charles - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999
The second half of the 1990s has seen substantialchanges in the wealth of Americanhouseholds, primarily owing to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870062
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From Economic Convergence to Convergence in Affluence? Income Growth, Household Expenditure and the Rise of Mass Consumption in Britain and West Germany, 1950-1974
Kramper, Peter - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000
The “Golden Age” of post-war European economic growth has witnessedextraordinary changes not only in the economic, but also in the social andcultural outlook of Western European societies. Eric Hobsbawm’s statementthat “[h]istorians of the twentieth century in the third millennium will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870754