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The effects of social exclusion and group heterogeneity on the provision of public goods
Njozela, Lindokuhle; Burns, Justine; Langer, Arnim - In: Games 9 (2018) 3, pp. 1-21
The multi-dimensional nature of social exclusion requires several perspectives in understanding its causes and consequences. Focus on the topic is largely centred around questions of material deprivation. However, as poverty and inequality are inextricably linked to questions of access and...
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As tecnologias digitais e seus usos
da Silva, Frederico Augusto Barbosa; Ziviani, Paula; … - 2019
Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), in order to contribute to the reflection on the internet's use and access to … cultural goods and services. In order to do so, a survey of the historical context of the Internet's emergence and development … well as the accumulation of uses - the action of performing various practices on the internet and its different types of …
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Inefficiency and social exclusion in a coalition formation game: Experimental evidence
Okada, Akira; Riedl, Arno - 1999
This paper reports the results of experiments involving a 3-person coalition formation game with an ultimatum bargaining character. The grand coalition was always the efficient coalition decision, whereas the values of the 2-person coalitions are varied such that they lead to an efficiency loss...
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The insider-outsider theory: a survey
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
This article is an idiosyncratic survey of the insider-outsider theory, describing the vision underlying the theory, and evaluating salient contributions to the literature in the light of this vision. We also indicate what appear to have been dead-ends and red herrings in past research. The...
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Challenges to promoting social inclusion of the extreme poor: Evidence from a large scale experiment in Colombia
Abramovsky, Laura; Attanasio, Orazio; Barron, Kai; … - 2014
We evaluate the large scale pilot of an innovative and major welfare intervention in Colombia, which combines homes visits by trained social workers to households in extreme poverty with preferential access to social programs. We use a randomized control trial and a very rich dataset collected...
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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit aus einer europäischen Perspektive: Theoretische Ansätze, empirische Konzepte und ausgewählte Befunde
Dietrich, Hans - 2015
Der Beitrag führt in die Thematik von Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ein, diskutiert zentrale theoretische sowie verwandte empirische Ansätze (social exclusion, NEET - Not in Education, Employment or Training), stellt die vorherrschenden Verfahren zur Messung von Jugendarbeitslosigkeit und darauf...
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Tackling social exclusion: Evidence from Chile
Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Ginja, Rita - 2014
We study an innovative welfare program in Chile which combines a period of frequent home visits to households in extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity design, exploring the fact that program eligibility is a...
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The intergenerational dynamics of social inequality: Empirical evidence from Europe and the United States
Eberharter, Veronika V. - 2013
Based on nationally representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we analyze the intergenerational transmission of economic and social (dis-)advantages in Germany, the United States and...
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Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
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Weiterhin hohes Armutsrisiko in Deutschland: Kinder und junge Erwachsene sind besonders betroffen
Grabka, Markus M.; Frick, Joachim R. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 7, pp. 2-11
Die EU-Kommission hat 2010 zum Europäischen Jahr gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung ausgerufen. Ein Ziel dieser Aktion ist es, das öffentliche Bewusstsein für die Risiken von Armut und sozialer Ausgrenzung zu stärken und deren Ursachen und Auswirkungen besser zu verstehen. Neue Analysen zur...
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