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in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …
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This paper explores the relationship between adult heights and the distribution of income across populations of individuals. There is a long literature that examines the relationship between mean adult heights and living standards. If adult height is set by the balance between food intake and...
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This paper explores the relationship between adult heights and the distribution of income across populations of individuals. There is a long literature that examines the relationship between mean adult heights and living standards. If adult height is set by the balance between food intake and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005548096
Cette recherche analyse l’impact de la hausse des prix des produits alimentaires (2008-2009) et des mesures de réformes mises en oeuvre par le Togo, sur la pauvreté, la vulnérabilité, les inégalités et les enfants. Grâce à un modèle d’équilibre général partiel et des données de...
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, and inequality and poverty in New Zealand using detailed data from the 1983/84 – 2003/04 Household Economic Survey (HES … examine the determinants of the levels and changes in poverty in New Zealand using both expenditure and income data. We also … apply a newly developed methodology for combining income and expenditure data to produce poverty indicators. …
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Poverty indicators often disagree about whether a person is poor or not. Yet, when it comes to assessing whether a … programme is successful in reaching the poor the dominant practice is to use an income poverty indicator. This paper …
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The article focuses on issues of households at risk of poverty in a relative conception. Income poverty represents a … situation when the threshold of 0.6 of median income is not achieved. The analysis of a broader definition of poverty bases on …
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This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty …. This has had consequences for providing official data on wages, income and poverty which we discuss along with other … earnings, household income and poverty, and we present seven of these in the paper. …
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paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …
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Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …
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