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Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion
Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
Disability is both a fundamental cause and consequence of income poverty. The income-poverty rate for persons with … about income poverty in the United States is largely silent about disability. This paper argues that we need to have a … broader view of what poverty is and also that disability must be taken into account in anti-poverty policy. …
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A Modern Framework for Measuring Poverty and Basic Economic Security
Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
This report details how the dominant framework for understanding and measuring poverty in the United States has become a conservative one. The current U.S. approach to measuring poverty views poverty only in terms of having an extremely low level of annual income, and utilizes poverty thresholds...
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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India
Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-36, pp. 1-35
This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education, living standard and household environment using eight...
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Work-family reconciliation policies and women's and mothers' labor market outcomes in rich democracies
Brady, David; Blome, Agnes; Kmec, Julie A. - 2018
Prominent research has claimed that work-family reconciliation policies trigger "tradeoffs" and "paradoxes" in terms of gender equality with adverse labor market consequences for women. These claims have greatly influenced debates regarding social policy, work, family, and gender inequality....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060338
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Digitalization: Labour markets
Chernoff, Alex; Galassi, Gabriela - 2023
In this paper, the authors assess the relationship between digitalization and labour demand and supply, and how this relationship affects wages and income inequality. We also explore implications of recent digitalization trends for the future of work.
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Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector—the Norwegian petroleum industry—on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...
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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India
Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - 2015
Using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2004-05, this paper estimates and decompose the multidimensional poverty dynamics in 84 natural regions of India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, knowledge, income, employment and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516360
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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India
Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - 2015
This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education, living standard and household environment using eight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379707
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The headmaster ritual : the importance of management for school outcomes
Böhlmark, Anders; Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2012
The role of school principals largely resembles that of corporate managers and the leadership they provide is often viewed as a crucial component for educational success. We estimate the impact of individual principals on various schooling outcomes, by constructing a principal-school panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009625476
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Work-family reconciliation policies and women's and mothers' labor market outcomes in rich democracies
Brady, David; Blome, Agnes; Kmec, Julie A. - 2018
Prominent research has claimed that work-family reconciliation policies trigger "tradeoffs" and "paradoxes" in terms of gender equality with adverse labor market consequences for women. These claims have greatly influenced debates regarding social policy, work, family, and gender inequality....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011961108