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poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … better formulate policies of fostering inclusive growth. Economic growth itself is an important source of welfare …
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This study investigates the characteristics that contribute to elderly poverty, mainly focusing on individuals …' lifetime work experience. It adopts the heterogeneous relative poverty line which differs by gender, province of residence and … Study's survey data for 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. The objective is to estimate poverty amongst elderly and explain its …
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This paper studies on the determinants of income and urban-rural income gap to shed light on the problem of urban-rural income inequality in China. OLS, conditional quantile regression and Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition methods are used to analyze four waves of the China Health and Nutrition...
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determinants of household income and consumption levels and inequalities. Unconditional as well as conditional stochastic dominance … first- and second-order dominance in distribution of income and consumption. The results provide a detailed and up …-to-date picture of inequality and poverty by subgroup in South Korea which helps targeting particularly vulnerable groups. Overall …
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This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and … public investment in information and communication technologies as infrastructure for development, the importance of …
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In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new … analysis show that there is a significant relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality. Globalisation … leads to poverty reduction and it reduces income inequality. The relationship between globalisation and poverty remains …
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We present in this paper the panel econometrics estimation approach of measuring the technical change and total factor productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic variances has been used for the estimation of...
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In the literature technical change is mostly assumed to be exogenous and specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect technical change. In this paper we model technical change via time trend (purely external non-economic) as well as...
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In China, real estate and the stock market are the two main markets favored by both individual and institutional investors. There is a significant economic link between the two. Therefore, their relationship and long-term and short-term causality can provide good guidance for investors. This...
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Healthy ageing is a challenge for many countries with significant shares of elderly people. Literature refers to China's ageing population as a ticking time bomb which paradoxically is both a challenge and an opportunity for the country. Health is considered an important determinant of economic...
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