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Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China
Li, Bingqin; Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable andnoted feature of Chinese society. The paper … socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is … approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty andinequality are considered.[...] …
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annual report 2005
London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
This report presents some of the mainfi ndings from our research in each areaduring 2005: most of our eighth andpart of our ninth year. It also detailsthe other activities of the Centre. Moredetail can be found in the publicationslisted in Appendix 2, which includeCASE’s own discussion paper...
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Do Europe’s Minimum Income Schemes ProvideAdequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis andHow, If at All, Have Governments Responded?
Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Van Mechelen, Natascha - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changesthat have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens withadequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on datafor 24 European Union countries,...
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DEFINING POVERTY LINES AS A FRACTION OFCENTRAL TENDENCY
Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2000
measured by the Gini coeffcient isconstant, dening the poverty line as a fraction of a central tendency of theliving standard … distribution restricts the evolution of the poverty measuresto be stable... …
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Europas Sozialpolitik als schwieriger Aushandlungsprozess - Akteure und Handlungsoptionen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arbeitszeitpolitik
Klecha, Stephan - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung / Abteilung Wirtschafts- und … - 2007
Die politische Linke verband mit dem Projekt dereuropäischen Einigung einst eine nachgeradeeuphorisch formulierte Vision.Im Heidelberger Programm von 1925 verankertedie SPD ihre föderalistische und supranationaleIdee der Vereinigten Staaten von Europa. DieSozialdemokratie und die mit ihr...
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What We Know About Neighbourhood Change: A literature review
Lupton, Ruth; Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
This report was jointly commissioned by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) in the Office ofthe Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Economic and Social Research Council. It containsboth full and summary reports of a literature review of neighbourhood change, undertaken withthe primary aim of...
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A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Jiang, Neville Nien-Huei - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001
We analyze a simple and tractable model of occupational choice in the presence of credit marketimperfections. We examine the effect of parameters governing technology and transaction costs, andhistory, in terms of the initial wealth distribution, in determining the long-term wealth...
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Developing Family Development Accounts in Taipei:Policy Innovation from Income to Assets
Cheng, Li-Chen - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
In July 2000, the Taipei City Government launched an anti-poverty program,Taipei Family Development Accounts, which …
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Die Sachs-Easterly-Kontroverse : "Dissent on Development" Revisited
Hielscher, Stefan - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2008
zunehmenden Interdependenzen, so dass die Entwicklungspolitik konzeptionell auf einem sicheren Fundament sozialstruktureller … Reziprozität aufgebaut werden kann. Zweitens fokussiert sie auf die gemeinsamen Interessen an Entwicklung und identifiziert auf … beitragen, die Anreizstrukturen in der Entwicklungspolitik und der Entwicklungspraxiszu reformieren – im Interesse der Armen und …
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Sozialstaat im Wandel: vom Sozialversicherungsstaat zum "sozialen Dienstleistungsstaat"
Blanke, Bernhard - 1999
Der Sozialstaat in den entwickelten Industrieländern steht mittlerweile vor ebenso immensenwie komplexen Herausforderungen. Die erfolgreichen Handlungskonzepte der Vergangenheitscheinen zur Lösung der gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Probleme nur bedingt tauglich zusein. Ratlosigkeit macht sich...
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