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In many countries extreme poverty is unnecessary. Yet it persists. We propose a simple index, denoted the Miser index, to measure the extent to which societies have poverty in the midst of affluence. It builds on the generalized Lorenz curve, but can also be seen as a measure of polarization...
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quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …
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appears to be back on the ‘development agenda’. Nowadays the term equity tends to be most often associated with the equality …
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different combination of growth and changes in inequality. Based on this observation, we define four different development …We ask which economic policies can help a country create the most favourable conditions for development. We observe … that the dynamics of several development indicators can be grouped into four clusters, each cluster corresponding to a …
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In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within …
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quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075062
relationship between development and inequality would be dissolved by competition. … issue of income inequality under competition.Our main finding is that inequality would multiply indeed. Subsidiary, the … nature of inequality would shift from the rural-urban divide to differences between social classes.The existing negative …
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This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …
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The research aimed at the importance of a well-structured business education, with a view to preparing the future employees for the requirements of the labour market, has become the central point in many key-sectors of the economy. This paper is based on having identified a gap in scientific...
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Catastrophes in Sudan are of many dimensions. Food security is a chronic and intrinsic problem in Sub Saharan Africa … African country to be followed. The present paper introduces an analysis and assessment of measurements for human development …
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