This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited …

education. Too little is spent on primary education—the category of education of most direct benefit to the poor—while on … average public subsidies to secondary education are roughly three times as high as subsidies to primary education, and … subsidies to tertiary education are thirty times as high. In consequence, the higher income deciles benefit disproportionately …

intergenerational cycle of poverty and inequity and of laying the foundation for a more peaceful, tolerant and equitable world. URL …The State of the World's Children 2011 examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in … health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage. The report …

. In the short run, cloning reduces inequality. In the long run, it creates a perfectly egalitarian society where all … necessarily eliminate inequality; nor does it disappear in the long run. Finally, if fertility is negatively correlated with …

health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate … growth of real incomes, most likely reflecting the importance of factors such as education and the quality of institutions …

One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as …

include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …

This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty chnages in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro data … sets from Household Income Surverys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and …

two are inter-connected. It discusses policy alternative policies to counter extreme poverty and inequality. The paper …The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the …