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This study examines linkages between inequality, information and communication technology (ICT) and inclusive education … in order to establish inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for ICT to promote inclusive education ….400 and 0.625 are income inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for internet penetration to positively …
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This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school … influence inequality and economic growth through tertiary school education and lifelong learning. These main findings are …
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inequality in 48 African countries for the period 1996 to 2014. Lifelong learning is conceived and measured as the combined … measures of inequality are employed notably: the Gini coefficient; the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The estimation … levels do not significantly influence inequality through financial access channels. Policy implications are discussed. …
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This study examines linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) dynamics, inequality and poverty in … order to establish critical masses of poverty and inequality that should not be exceeded in order for ICT dynamics to … headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of the population) while inequality is proxied by the Gini coefficient, the …
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and infer the role of growth in the evolution of inequality of opportunity over time. We show that despite a reduction in … the real value of the household consumption and a surge in outcome inequality between 2009/10 and 2010/11, the consumption … dynamic appears to alleviate inequality of opportunity in Uganda. …
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In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …
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I discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I … element indicating the marginal change in the inequality contribution of a group (as measured by the recentered influence … function) when an income source is added and with all contributions adding up to overall inequality. The approach can be used …
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risk and thus could lead to exacerbating income inequality. The crisis creates an opportunity to demand further structural … economy is growing relatively slowly. Moreover, financial reforms are effective in reducing income inequality in periods when …
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