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This research seeks to evaluate the effects of growth and inequality on the dynamics of poverty in Tunisia from 1985 to … poverty into contribution of growth and a contribution due to the redistribution, according to the decomposition approaches … (2001), and the Poverty Equivalent Growth Rate, suggested by Kakwani and Son (2002), are applied to assess the degree of pro …
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When comparing poverty across distributions, an analyst must select a poverty line to identify the poor, an equivalence … scale to compare individuals from households of different compositions and sizes, and a poverty index to aggregate … individual deprivation into an index of total poverty. A different choice of poverty line, poverty index or equivalent scale can …
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We generalize Hammond's characterisation of leximin by introducing a very weak two-person equity condition. In addition to strengthening the defence of the leximin principle, this result is of interest from a more technical point of view. Contrary to the present understanding in the literature...
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concise overview of the report in the eight areas it covers: poverty, education, employment and inequality, energy, the …
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This paper develops the link between poverty and inequality by focussing on a class of poverty indices (some of them … parameter that captures the ethical sensitivity of poverty measurement to "exclusion" or "relative-deprivation" aversion. …
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indicators, to (a) investigate whether the backward classes and female headed households face higher poverty rates than other …, and (b) examine the impact of poverty, along with a host of individual, family, socio economic and State characteristics …
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It has been argued that any plausible egalitarian theory should give asbolute priority to the worst off in a conflict with the best off in society. In this paper, we show that this framework is closely linked to the leximin approach, and on the basis of a condition named the conditional...
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Measuring the equity of opportunity in a given society is an essential ingredient in the formulation of policies and programs that promote inclusive growth. In this paper, equity of opportunity is defined and measured through the theoretical framework of the social opportunity function, a...
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Econometric analyses of European datasets suggest that income aspirations increase with current income.  This finding is consistent with the adaptation hypothesis - the notion that individual aspirations adjust to reflect personal circumstances and living conditions.  We add to these existing...
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Последствия кризиса, не смотря на его глобальный характер, носят индивидуальный характер для каждой страны и всех секторов ее экономики, в зависимости от уровня...
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