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Measuring Well-Being and Exclusion in Europe’sRegions

Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

dimensions of well-being: material wellbeing,health, education and participation in two spheres – productive and social …

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Parental Investment in Childhood and Later Adult Well-Being: Can More Involved Parents Offset the Effects ofSocioeconomic Disadvantage?

Hango, Darcy - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

involvement and the gender ofthe parent. Father interest in education has the strongest impact on earlierpoverty, especially at … age 11. Meanwhile, both father and mother interest inschool at age 16 have the largest direct impact on education. The … frequency ofoutings with mother at age 11 also has a larger direct impact on education thanoutings with father, however, neither …

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Social Exclusion and Children:A European view for a US debate

Micklewright, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe butits application to children has seen relatively little discussion. What couldbe meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper.Among other things, I consider the choice of reference group, thegeographical...

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Freedom to be a Child:Commercial Pressures on Children

Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

Children’s lives have been transformed over the past century. Family incomes haveincreased, children lead more solitary lives, attitudes to childhood have changed, newproducts have been developed and commercial pressures on children have increased.The importance of these commercial pressures...

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Developing a capability list: Final Recommendationsof the Equalities Review Steering Group onMeasurement

Vizard, Polly; Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

[...]This paper, and its companion, Definition of equality and framework formeasurement: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review SteeringGroup on Measurement (CASEpaper 120) were prepared as backgroundpapers to assist in the development of the measurement framework for theEqualities...

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Definition of equality and framework formeasurement: Final Recommendations of theEqualities Review Steering Group on Measurement

Burchardt, Tania; Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

[...]This paper, and its companion, Developing a Capability List: FinalRecommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement(CASEpaper 121), were prepared as background papers to assist in thedevelopment of the measurement framework for the Equalities Review. Itdiscusses the...

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Foundations for measuring equality: A discussion paperfor the Equalities Review

Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

The Equalities Review is an independent panel set up by the UK government in2005 to investigate the persistence of social inequalities and to makerecommendations for the development of a unified Commission for Equalityand Human Rights. This paper was originally written for the Review....

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Assessing the impact of illness, caring and ethnicity onsocial activity

Platt, Lucinda - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

It has long been accepted that lack of social participation in wider society is oneaspect or one definition of poverty. Current concerns with the extent anddistribution of social capital as both a measure of a good society and as meansto upward mobility also emphasise the importance of social...

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Knowing what is good for you: Empirical analysis ofpersonal preferences and the “objective good”

Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

This paper aims to test empirically if certain frequently used measures of wellbeing,which are regarded as valuable properties of human life, are actuallydesired by people. In other words, it investigates whether the “expertjudgments” in social science overlap with social consensus on what...

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Income Mobility in Old Age in Britain and Germany

Zaidi, Asghar; Frick, Joachim R.; Büchel, Felix - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

The increases in human longevity in recent decades and the trends for early retirement have posed new challenges for policy makers, and require a holistic understanding of the processes that influence the economic resources of older people. This paper contributes to this knowledge by examining...

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