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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
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Agency-based explanations of the great deprivation, contrasted with structure-based explanations, suffer not merely from the criticism of relying on irrational and irresponsible behavior of millions, including that of the most astute financial experts, but are also at a loss to explain why such...
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behaviours lead to labour market success. Our analysis uses the only existing largescale longitudinal survey of Indigenous …) among unemployed Indigenous job seekers. …
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One of the most important programs for Indigenous community and economic development is the Community Development … Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme. CDEP employs around 35,000 Indigenous Australians and accounts for over one-quarter of total … Indigenous employment. This paper reviews the evidence on the social and economic impacts of the scheme. The available evidence …
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There is currently a growing policy interest in the effects of the regulatory environment on the ability of Indigenous … instrument that was developed were pilot tested with the Indigenous community of the Wallis Lake catchment. The harvesting of … wild resources for consumption makes an important contribution to the livelihoods of Indigenous people living in this area. …
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Indigenous groups account for over one tenth of Mexico’s population and many of them suffer from constant social … positive impacts of Oportunidades on enrollment for the general population are no different for indigenous households. In … unless tailored investment in indigenous human capital accumulation and complimentary alternatives are intensified to close …
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aftermath of the Southeast Asian crisis, the limitation of the liberal capital regime for a developing country like India is … often highlighted in the literature. However, the probable impact of introducing KAC on CAB in India generally is discussed … theoretically. Though some of the existing studies in India have earlier focused on this research question, they have done so by …
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by …
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In recent years there has been a rapid and sustained growth of the service sector in the Indian economy. But unfortunately, while the importance of the services is growing statistical data and other relevant information of the services are abysmally low. There are problems relating to the...
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