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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
the causal relationships between income inequality, poverty and globalisation. Inequality is negatively correlated to … globalisation, and globalisation reduces poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262026
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The social impact of globalization in the developing countries
Lee, Eddy; Vivarelli, Marco - 2006
and absolute poverty alleviation, although some important counter-examples emerge. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267341
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Middlemen, non-profits, and poverty
Chau, Nancy H.; Goto, Hideaki; Kanbur, Ravi - 2009
In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a fair-trade premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269504
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Intergenerational persistence in health in developing countries: The penalty of gender inequality?
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rawlings, Samantha - 2010
This paper is motivated to investigate the often neglected payoff to investments in the health of girls and women in terms of next generation outcomes. This paper investigates the intergenerational persistence of health across time and region as well as across the distribution of maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278543
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What's the use of marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269649
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Gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James Joseph - 2009
This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274253
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The Supply of Child Labour
Cigno, Alessandro - 2004
examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261870
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The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply A Simulation Study for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Leu, Robert E. - 2003
-efficient reform. Minimum wages are ineffective in fighting poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262720
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Thieves, thugs, and neighborhood poverty
Bjerk, David - 2009
This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty …. The model shows that even under relatively minimal assumptions, a connection between individual poverty and both property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271296
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Poverty in the Russian Federation
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; van Praag, Bernard M. S. - 2001
This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of … poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household … panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective approach, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276957