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This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...
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Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf …, lack the necessary will to alleviate poverty or to re-distribute income vertically. They are much more concerned about …
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Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be … arrived at the same conclusion. Within countries, just as at the cross-national level, child mortality has been found to be … the minority are studies of socioeconomic determinants of child mortality which have examined the association between …
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Der Tod macht alle Menschen gleich, dennoch sind nicht alle gleichmäßig betroffen. Unterschiede in der Sterblichkeit …. Eine Analyse der allgemeinen Sterblichkeit von Deutschen Bürgern im Alter von 20 bis 49 im Jahre 2004 wurde durchgeführt … die Sterblichkeit in Deutschland stärker einem Nord\Ost-Sued\West-Trend als einem einem Ost-West-Trend. Das Pro …
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The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of pressure, such as during economic crises. This is particularly so among the poor, who often do not have adequate resources on which to draw when under such pressures. Households...
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and poverty on arson, in ways expected from theory. All findings support an economic model of crime. …
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In the United States the 1996 agricultural policy reform ushered in market-oriented farm policies and also gave farmers a seven-year lump-sum payment that was not tied to production. Some scholars argue that farm program payments have changed the distribution of income among farm households. Our...
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Participation in government programs has a mild impact on the economic well-being of U.S. farm households. Major factors that determine farm household prosperity are the primary operator's education level and ethnicity, education level of the spouse, and other characteristics such as forward...
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The objective of this study was to examine if intra-racial income inequality contributes to higher infant mortality …
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The thesis addresses the question of how poverty can be overcome by education. The starting point is the following type … of poverty trap: poverty forces parents to send their children to work to secure the survival of the household. Due to … growth model such a type of poverty trap is established as a locally stable steady state. Imperfect capital markets prevent …
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