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Social mobility in China: A case study of a quantitative sociological approach to social mobility research in the Global South
Li, Yaojun - 2020
This study analyses intergenerational class mobility in China as a case study of a quantitative sociological approach to social mobility research in the Global South. Drawing on national representative surveys collected between 2010 and 2015 in China, the analysis focuses on absolute and...
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Degrees of disadvantage
Srikanth, Chinmayi - 2023
intersectionality of caste, religion, and gender identities. Using data from the India Human Development Survey 2011-12, the study finds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477498
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Gender implications of biofuels expansion: A CGE analysis for Mozambique
Arndt, Channing; Benfica, Rui; Thurlow, James - 2010
. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280111
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Concepts of social mobility
Fields, Gary S. - 2019
This paper has two purposes. The first is to define clearly different social mobility concepts and components. The second is to embed these concepts and components into a larger context of social mobility research. The core of the paper develops six mobility concepts and their measures as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423972
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Globalization and the emergence of a transnational oligarchy
Brezis, Elise S. - 2010
The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites due to globalization. In the last century, the main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its elites is that meritocracy became the basis for their recruitment. Although meritocratic selection should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280198
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Foreign aid and intergenerational mobility in Africa
Compaoré, Ali; Nikièma, Roukiatou; Ouedraogo, Rasmane - 2022
effects of foreign aid on intergenerational educational mobility in Africa. Drawing on a sample of 28 countries over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322636
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Microsimulation of tax-benefit systems in the Global South: A comparative assessment
Lastunen, Jesse; de Mahieu, Antoine; Gasior, Katrin; … - 2024
to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014548563
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Is it what you inherited or what you learnt? Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in Senegal
Lambert, Sylvie; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - 2011
more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident. … land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality. Inheritance of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280069
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The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Lastunen, Jesse; Rattenhuber, Pia; Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; … - 2021
-benefit policies stabilized earnings losses. We then evaluate the impact on income-based poverty and inequality and the contribution of … inequality, and somewhat larger effects on the poverty gap due to lower relative earnings losses of the poor population at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705346
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Performance of tax-benefit systems amid COVID-19 crises in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative perspective
Lastunen, Jesse; Shahir, Adnan; Rattenhuber, Pia; … - 2023
of these measures on income-based poverty and inequality. We find notable reductions in disposable incomes, concentrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477520