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The aim of this article is to investigate the causal relationship between remittances and poverty reduction for 14 …-stationary dynamic panel data. Our estimation results reveal that causality nexus of poverty and remittances is bi-directional. We also … find that the causal impact of poverty reduction on remittance is stronger than the reverse impact. Indeed, despite of its …
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that people who are vulnerable to fall under the poverty line indulge in criminal activities as a consumption smoothing … towards economic growth, poverty alleviation and crime deterrence concomitantly. The results indicate a positive and … statistically significant impact of poverty, inequitable income growth and low quality of the legal system on incidence of total …
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resolving problems such as poverty, it is necessary to make an opportunity that new subject such as cash waqf being studied and … financing the Islamic contracts and it's economic impact on poverty reduction. As the methodology of this research is survey … investment in the form of Islamic contracts and legal forms and by spending the profit of investment on poverty reduction …
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, and in particular to sea-level rise and its associated risks. We construct poverty and hardship profiles for households on …
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The study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in …% of men face time constraints. Women's time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into … determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time …
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tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place … between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with … yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We …
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reducing the poverty rate by almost one percentage point more, a 75 percent increase over the survey estimate. …
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Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …
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poverty. This paper intends to quantitatively assess the welfare implications of rising food prices in rural Tanzania, by … the complete demand system using the QUAIDS model, and calculate welfare and poverty indices. Our results indicate that … are more affected than middle-income and rich households. The food prices have a major impact on overall poverty and …
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Our paper studies the causes of poverty from the perspective of job search. We show that poor people remain poor …-main in the vicious circle of poverty. In order to prove this hypothesis we investigate optimal search time for a better job …
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