This paper studies how a student's ordinal achievement rank affects performance and specialization choices in … a higher rank in their section achieve higher grades, become more likely to graduate, and are more likely to choose … related follow-up courses and majors. These effects are stronger for men who, in contrast to women, respond to a higher rank …

high levels of inequality. Decomposition analysis shows that poverty reduction in Namibia is largely driven by growth in … mean incomes rather than redistribution. Even so, there have been important changes in inequality, especially between … different social groups, as educational attainment has replaced ethnicity as the main determinant of inequality between groups. …

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … of gender equality, especially an increase in women?s access to the labour market, in bringing about a reduction in … poverty and inequality. …

a goal of reducing inequality in income and other dimensions of poverty within and between countries. Second, this …

intraregional inequality and inequity with respect to levels of income and access to basic services and identifying priority sectors …

workers enjoy a better distribution of wages, but the attribution of the gap to wage inequality and human capital …

-specific dimensions, indicators, weights and cut-offs. This paper analyses the 2013 round of the multidimensional poverty and inequality …