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Is there any relationship between Environmental Quality Index, Human Development Index and Economic Growth? Evidences from Indian States
Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Chakraborty, Debashis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Economic growth does not necessarily ensure environmental sustainability for a country. The relationship between the two is far more complicated for developing countries like India, given the dependence of a large section of the population on natural resources. Under this backdrop, the current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596405
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Middle class in Africa: Determinants and Consequences
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264823
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Development Targets and Efficiency in Improving Education and Health Outcomes in Mexico’s Southern States
Jayasuriya, Ruwan; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
and in the south, and in some cases (for example, for poverty) we estimate how much additional progress is likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789838
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On the Deprivation of Basic Amenities in Rural India: An Analysis of Census 2001
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana; Joe, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The present paper is an attempt to examine the levels of deprivation of rural people in terms of their access to basic amenities like, housing, drinking water, sanitation etc. And also it evaluates the degree of relative disadvantage of rural people when compared with their urban counterparts....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259855
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How do institutions matter in the income-equalizing effect of mobile phone penetration?
Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
-specific and microeconomic survey-based approaches is on 52 African countries. ‘Mobile phone’-oriented poverty reduction channels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259416
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The impact of mobile phone penetration on African inequality
Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
survey-based approaches in the literature and provides the first macroeconomic assessment of the ‘mobile phone’-inequality …’-oriented poverty reduction channels are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261106
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The distributive consequuences of machismo: A simulation analysis of intrahousehold allocation
Cuesta, Jose - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions …, nutrition status, and human capital accumulation of household members. However, conventional poverty and inequality analyses are … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836291
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Charting Income Inequality: The Lorenz Curve
Bellù, Lorenzo G.; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919738
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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Generalised Lorenz Curves
Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This module illustrates how Generalised Lorenz (GL) Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds, within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options, in many of the cases where ordinary Lorenz curves fail to work After...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257958
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De Nederlandse collectieve uitgaven in historisch perspectief
Bos, Frits - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
market participation of women, the savings on education due to ageing, the drastic reduction in the interest rate and the … diminished military threat. Labour market participation of women increased from over 40% in 1983 to 63% in 2003. This increased …
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