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Time poverty and gender in urban sub-Saharan Africa : long working days and long commutes in Ghana's Greater Accra Metropolitan Area

Carmichael, Fiona; Darko, Christian K.; Daley, Patricia; … - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 36 (2024) 1, pp. 343-364

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Human Deprivation Index: A Measure of Multidimensional Poverty

Sivakumar, Marimuthu; Sarvalingam, A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Poverty is multidimensional in nature. Poverty is associated not only with insufficient income or consumption but also … low self-esteem and powerlessness. Since poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, measurement of poverty must cover many … have opened new perspectives on measuring and analysing poverty and development with the help of multidimensional concept …

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Failure of Participation & “Missing Women” in South Mediterranean Economies

Driouchi, Ahmed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

. The results attained and the evidence mobilized consistently show the interdependencies of health, education and poverty …

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Articulating global prescriptions for health with local conceptions of well-being and risk : the case of physical activity and the World Health Organisation

Brangan, Emer - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 25 (2013) 6, pp. 866-879

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The role of socio-demographic factors on self-rated happiness: The case of Malaysia

Cheah, Yong Kang; Tang, Chor Foon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This study examines the role of socio-demographic determinants on individual’s level of happiness. Primary survey data on Penang, Malaysia is used for analysis. Based on the findings, being married and Malay are associated with higher probability of feeling very happy or happy. Nevertheless,...

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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health

Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this hypothesis on a representative sample of the Italian...

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Health, Wealth and Inequality : A Contribution to the Debate About the Relationship between Inequality and Health

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

The relationship between material inequality and health is the subject of considerable debate, and may depend on how the relationship is defined. This paper uses stature as its measure for cumulative health outcomes to illustrate that the 19th century relationship between material inequality and...

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Economic Inequality and Health: Looking Beyond Aggregate Indicators

Böckerman, Petri; Johansson, Edvard; Helakorpi, Satu; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between relative income inequality and health in Finland, using individual microdata over the period 1993-2005. Our data allows us to analyse a large spectrum of health indicators. Overall, our results suggest that income inequality is not associated with...

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Poverty and economic development of Kenya

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

-Saharan Africa. But more than 60% people of Kenya live below the poverty line. Rapid increases in inflation could reduce economic … growth and worsen the poverty levels of the citizens of Kenya. In Kenya economic development is dependent on agricultural … Kenya comes from the selling of agricultural products. At present the government of the country is trying to reduce poverty …

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Should We Subsidize Longevity?

Leroux, M.‐L. - 2009

This paper studies the design of the optimal non linear taxation in an economy where longevity varies across agents, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and genes are correlated, governmental intervention can be...

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