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from this safety net, and the presence of unemployed members pulls many households supporting them into poverty. We also …
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, thereby reducing poverty and increasing long-run growth. …This paper investigates social mobility in Bolivia and discusses its implications for poverty reduction and long …-run growth. Regressions based on household survey data show that social mobility is very low in Bolivia, even by Latin American …
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This paper focuses on the role of "institutions" in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions … of poverty, inequality and institutions are expounded on a priori reasoning, empirical analysis with LAC data prove …'s civilisation. The inclusion of health, nutrition, and literacy indicators in defining well-being (or, non-income poverty à la …
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to excel under risky conditions. -- Aid allocation ; aid agencies ; non-governmental organizations ; poverty …
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poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The CGE analysis addresses several important transmission channels which have been … industries. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows add to Bolivia's investment ratio, enhance economic growth, and … reduce poverty. However, the income distribution typically becomes more unequal. In particular, FDI widens income disparities …
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shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …, starting from year 1991. -- Inequality ; poverty ; mobility ; reference period of income ; monthly, quarterly, and annual …
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model's prediction. In the presence of nominal price rigidity faster growth is shown to lead to lower unemployment if the … rate of inflation is relatively high, as was the case in the 1970s. In general, the effect of growth on unemployment is … shown to be non-monotonic. There is a threshold level of inflation below (above) which faster growth leads to higher (lower …
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This paper provides a model-based assessment of local and global climate change impacts for the case of Yemen, focusing on agricultural production, household incomes and food security. Global climate change is mainly transmitted through rising world food prices. Our simulation results suggest...
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We compare trends in mortality, nutritional status and food supply to other living standard indicators for the early years of the Nazi period. We find that Germany experienced a substantial increase in mortality rates in most age groups in the mid-1930s, even relative to those of 1932, the worst...
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