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Measuring well-being and exclusion in Europe's regions
Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
The Lisbon summit of the European Council in March 2000 declared the number of people living in poverty and social exclusion in the European Union to be unacceptable, and called for steps to tackle the issue, beginning with the setting of targets for particular indicators. The targets suggested...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126405
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Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries
Coast, Ernestina; Leone, Tiziana; Hirose, Atsumi; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Our search of 12 databases yielded 2202 articles, of which 47 items from 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746111
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Social exclusion and children: a European view for a US debate
Micklewright, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its application to children has seen relatively little discussion. What could be meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper. Among other things, I consider the choice of reference group, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125982
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Foundations for measuring equality: a discussion paper for the equalities review
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The Equalities Review is an independent panel set up by the UK government in 2005 to investigate the persistence of social inequalities and to make recommendations for the development of a unified Commission for Equality and Human Rights. This paper was originally written for the Review. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126710
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Developing and agreeing a capability list in the British context: what can be learnt from social survey data on ‘rights’?
Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
The paper examines what can be learnt about the ‘valuation’ of freedoms and opportunities (or capabilities) using a general population social survey data source on values. On the assumption that rights can be understood as protecting underlying critical freedoms and opportunities, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071145
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Developing a capability list: final recommendations of the equalities review steering group on measurement
Vizard, Polly; Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Minister established the Equalities Review, an independent, high-level, investigation of the causes of persistent inequality … context of measuring inequality in Britain in the 21st century. This includes the definition of equality, a procedure for … generating and revising a list of central and valuable capabilities, a measurement framework for monitoring trends in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071280
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Definition of equality and framework for measurement: final recommendations of the equalities review steering group on measurement
Burchardt, Tania; Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Minister established the Equalities Review, an independent, high-level, investigation of the causes of persistent inequality … translating capability theory into a practical measurement tool in the context of measuring inequality in Britain in the 21st … capabilities (this is considered in more detail in CASE/121), a measurement framework for monitoring trends in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071284
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Public policy and inequalities of choice and autonomy
Burchardt, Tania; Evans, Martin; Holder, Holly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
autonomy should be addressed – poverty, ill health and geographical inequality – because they place significant restrictions on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746616
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Economic growth evens-out happiness: evidence from six surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126047
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The marginal utility of income
Layard, Richard; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen J - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
inequality. We estimate this parameter using four large cross-sectional surveys of subjective happiness and two panel surveys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071383