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Some studies that investigate the effects of migration flows –based on Solow‟s growth theory (1956) and considering the specific contribution of the human capital transfer of migrant workers (Mankiw e al. 1992; Dolado e al. 1994, Piras, 1996) –allow to evaluate the negative...
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The relationship between financial development and economic growth has received enormous attention in the economic literature of the last decade. The widely accepted consensus finding is that financial development has a positive effect on growth at either aggregate, or industry or firm levels....
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on housing, utilities, food, and transport: economic poverty is a lack of freedom due to budgetary constraints. We … of food consumption for households below the food poverty line is startlingly low for families with children, and …
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second part of a research on regional inequalities in income distribution. Poverty tends to be a multi-dimensional concept …
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On the basis of a local household survey, this paper examines the economic and social conditions of families with children under fifteen. The analysis refers to a particular area, the province of Modena, one of the richest in Italy, with high female occupation rates and a good deal of public...
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Le città del mondo sono spesso considerate luoghi in cui abbonda la ricchezza e il privilegio. Esse ospitano però centinaia di milioni di bambini per i quali la povertà e l'esclusione sono una realtà quotidiana. Alcuni di questi bambini vivono nelle strade; molti altri vivono in alloggi...
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. The period is characterized by very slow improvements in real average incomes, and by a significant increase in inequality … and poverty levels. These changes are in contrast to what seems to have taken place in Italy as a whole, at least until … 2006. Finally, we focus on a subjective measure of income poverty and on the role played by immigrants in shaping these …
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