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It is often presumed that Gini coefficient values taken to reflect high income inequality are largely due to some combination of socioeconomic factors that gives rise to inequality of opportunities. We demonstrate, using computer simulations, that practically every Gini value within the entire...
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education coefficient. Households at risk of poverty are also taken into account. Income inequality is measured by way of the … coefficient, as well as between education and households at risk of poverty. The biggest share is represented by households where … negative dependence between the education level and number of households at risk of poverty. Within analyzed period of five …
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The problem of child labour is immense and has been growing. Wherever poverty exists, child labour there prevails and … children and point out the problems in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), particularly poverty eradication … resource of knowledge for policymakers in the fields of education programme and poverty reduction programmes. An attempt is …
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This edition is devoted to the issue of poverty. Growth of prosperity is not distributed evenly among the Polish … of poverty in general. However, in case the risk occurs, efficient and effective support measures should be provided …. First part of the report defines poverty, and explains the extent of the connection with such phenomena as economic …
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In the so-called ACCRA declaration of 2004 the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) condemns neo liberal globalisation on grounds of lack of justice. This paper outlines ten alternative criteria for distributive justice. We show that Biblical ethics support various of these criteria,...
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levels of income inequality or poverty among elderly people. The results appear to be robust for a wide range of econometric …
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A fruitful recent theoretical literature has related human capital and technological development with income (and wages) inequality. However, empirical assessments on the relationship are still scarce. We relate human capital and total factor productivity (TFP) with inequality and discover that,...
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Measurement error is an enormous problem in empirical work. In some types of analysis, it is often ignored for various reasons. In some others, however, it cannot be ignored because it affects the results of analysis significantly. We use a simple procedure to estimate the extent of measurement...
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The study utilizes the multivariate analytical tool to describe the relationship that exists between health care financing, health facility utilization and health outcome in Nigeria. The focus of this research was on women who are of child bearing age and who had given birth to at least one...
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We construct a detailed dataset, base on National Accounts, from 1991 to 2012, and the Bank of Italy survey on households in 2010, to measure the global tax burden on households consumer in Italy, distinguishing between direct, indirect taxes and social contributions. Global tax burden is...
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