welfare indicators, in particular poverty. We also found that horizontal inequality does matter for poverty reduction in Viet …, 2012), we estimated numerous measures on inequalities between different 'ethnic' groups against several welfare indicators … Nam and it needs more attention when designing poverty policies in the future. …

This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in …, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute and relative poverty levels across six countries and different … poverty. We compare the actual differential in poverty with the gap that remains after disadvantaged ethnic groups are given …

Since its implementation in 1990 the human development index (HDI), the flagship indicator of multidimensional … development, has attracted a great deal of attention and critics in academic, political and media circles. It initiated a new … stage in the discussion of appropriate indicators to measure socioeconomic development. Until now, the vast majority of …

The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in terms of equality and … and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … reform of the Norwegian welfare system for lone mothers; activity requirements were introduced, time limits imposed, and …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality … presented in this paper pools all the relevant variables for development within a simple life-cycle model, which can also be …

-discrimination measures in education. An analysis of trends in inequalities in human development is used to identify three countries that have …

poverty is associated with reduced university aspirations from the perspective of the youth and their mother. Further, poverty … depth matters less than incidence. In terms of magnitude, poverty contributes to about 10-15 percent of the observed … findings. Results therefore suggest that alleviating child poverty and easing post-secondary financial barriers among the poor …