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inequality, the figure decline dramatically starting from the year 2000. In this setting, Bolivia has been one of the poorest … research applies a method of inequality decomposition– as developed by (Fields, 2003)-, this technique consists on regressing … other variables) has contributed on the reduction of inequality in Bolivia. Moreover, the sources of inequality are mainly …
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We develop a urban economic model in which agents locate in cities of different size so as to maximize the net output of the whole system of cities in a country. From this model two new city size distributions are exactly derived. We call these functions “threshold double Pareto Generalized...
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This paper presents a spatial analysis on regional dimensions of poverty and economic development across provinces of Iran. It offers the first ever estimation made in developing countries using this strand of "New Economic Geography" (NEG) models and provides a comparison of the results between...
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growth, and urban equity measured by urban poverty and inequality in India. In addition, it reviews the different urban … of urbanization is associated with higher economic growth, lower level of poverty and higher extent of inequality in … higher share of national GDP by reducing urban poverty and inequality. …
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two perspectives; inequality and spatial dependency. Results remark that education indicators witnessed diverse inequality …
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Debate over Growth and Development are quite old in the history of economic thinking. It is argued that development encompasses comprehensive issues like health, education, equality, and liveability while growth is too narrow a concept. This paper analyses the growth and development experience...
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This paper, presented at the Laboratori per la Critica Sociale organised by the Centro Studi Transformazione Economico-Sociali (CESTES-PROTEO), is the English language version of ‘The age of war: From world market to world conquest’, presented at the Forum on the Theoretical analysis of the...
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, dependency, inequality and imperialism. These are driven to assign inappropriate weight to ‘political and ‘cultural’ mechanisms …
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between migrants and non migrants can translate into persistent skill inequality if origin shapes the composition of social …
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Prepublication version of ‘When things go wrong: the Political Economy of Market Breakdown’ in Westra; R and Alan Zuege (Eds) (2003) Value and the World Economy Today: Production; Finance and Globalization; pp91-118. London:MacMillan; ISBN: 1 40390 002 7 This paper constructs a theoretical...
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