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In this article a line of subjective poverty is estimated by means of the answers of the Colombian and Valle del Cauce … suggests that multiple issues influence the perception of poverty, which we hope to study in another document, and the … capital. The subjective measurements of poverty complement the objective measurements (generally based on income) and jointly …
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Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …
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the assessment of poverty and wealth in affluent countries in general from a CA perspective. Third, we show how this … and nonfinancial issues of poverty and wealth within this integrative framework. …
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poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are … stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries … formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries …
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traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … determinants of changes in poverty incidence within cohorts revealed statistically significant roles for age, gender and education … poverty. …
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traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … determinants of changes in poverty incidence within cohorts revealed statistically significant roles for age, gender and, to a …
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The objective of this paper is to review a number of issues related to poverty, while taking stock of the ongoing … research. Most of the remaining unresolved issues in poverty analysis are related directly or indirectly to the dynamics of … poverty. Before the development community can become more successful in designing and implementing poverty …
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Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to … income poverty are developed using a modified probit model that considers volatilities in income as being explained by some … household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy …
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This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …
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involved, of the difficulties which can arise in the measurement of poverty and inequality when one compares populations of … differing size. The paper begins with certain problems attending the measurement of poverty when the overall population size is … Parfit's quest for a satisfactory theory of wellbeing and the economist's quest for a satisfactory measure of poverty …
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