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This study focuses on growth, poverty and inequality in Rwanda. We take a broad perspective, in two respects. First, we …. Second, we look beyond static measures of material welfare and study economic and social mobility as well as indicators of …
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activities. While intergenerational linkages are evident, we find a seemingly high degree of mobility across generations … land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality. Inheritance of non … more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident. …
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at each percentile of the initial personalized distribution with counterfactual mobility profiles which rule out the …, significant upward mobility among the initially poorer, a sizeable part of which cannot be explained by unobserved individual …
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Despite the importance attributed to intergenerational educational mobility in the process of development, there … remains little consensus on how mobility should be measured. We present analytical and empirical evidence regarding the … that use of an upwards mobility estimator, complemented by an outperformance metric, based on a reference distribution …
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economic transition and mobility for the country and its households? Or has it been a perverse trap? …
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admission. Their entry led to new strategies for integration, including obligatory language classes and a host of measures … not be uniformly positive for immigrants and refugees to have an integration experience deemed successful. …
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Using 1990 5% Census and American Community Survey data, we examine the economic integration of Afghan refugees to the …
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The federal character principle is Nigeria's primary formula for mitigating horizontal inequality and conflict in this … as a mechanism of ethnic consociation and integration, while highlighting the indirect variables-including profound …
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mobility, it is unclear what forms of inclusion, solidarity or mutual recognition are desired or possible among those who live … challenge three premises often informing discussions of mobility and urban politics: (i) the presence of a dominant host …
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city: the slums. The aim is to define an urban design strategy for the integration of those settlements as part of the city …
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