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Assessing market for multi-national corporations at Nigeria's bottom of the pyramid : hints from consumer behaviour
Adebayo, Nathaniel Adeyemi - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 157-186
MNCs at Nigeria's BoP. The primary data for this study were collected using Questionnaires administered to consumers in … South Western Nigeria. The secondary data used were obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics Surveys; 2009 … regression analysis on determinants of consumption at Nigeria's Bottom of the Pyramid. Findings of the study were mostly in …
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The Economic, Social and Administrative Pharmacy (ESAP) Discipline in US schools and colleges of pharmacy
Alkhateeb, Fadi M.; Latif, David A.; Adkins, Rachel - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 187-204
Schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States have struggled over the past several decades with identifying a consistent title for the broad body of knowledge related to the social, economic, behavioral, and administrative aspects of pharmacy. This paper examines the educational...
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Una aproximación a la construcción de un indicador de pobreza multidimensional : cuáles son los focos de riesgo en España?
Poza Lara, Carlos; Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 10 (2010), pp. 43-72
The aim of this paper is to construct a multidimensional poverty indicator, to detect the main poverty risk focuses in Spain. The indicator, which has been developed through a second-order factor analysis, consists of an objective and a subjective part, which incorporate various dimensions such...
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¿Qué factores explican la pobreza multidimensional en España? . una aproximación a través de los modelos de ecuaciones estructurales
Poza Lara, Carlos; Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 12 (2011), pp. 81-110
The aim of this study is to present the most important factors that explain multidimensional poverty in Spain, highlighting the relationships between the explanatory elements themselves in the spirit of enhancing the effects of poverty policy. For this purpose, we have designed a Structural...
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Distribution of poverty and inequality indices for various groups in Greece using the bootstrap technique
Aggelopoulou, Dimitra; Zografakis, Stavros; Sypsas, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 2, pp. 81-97
The present work estimates poverty and inequality indices in various groups that are known to have high contributions to poverty and inequality, such as farmers, pensioners and families with 3 or more children. Using the bootstrap technique, we estimate confidence intervals for these indices and...
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Distribución espacial de la pobreza en Chile
Agostini, Claudio A.; Brown, Philip H.; Góngora, Diana … - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 1, pp. 79-110
Chile's recent success in reducing poverty has been remarkable, with poverty rates falling by approximately two-thirds over the last 20 years. However, further gains against poverty may be inhibited by the increasing difficulty associated with targeting fewer poor people and better, more...
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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile
Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...
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Höhepunkt der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland überschritten?
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 3-15
Neue Analysen zur personellen Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland auf Basis der Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zeigen, dass die realen Markteinkommen der privaten Haushalte von 2005 bis 2010 deutlich gestiegen sind. Auch bei den realen verfügbaren Einkommen ist ein Zuwachs zu...
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Relationship between economic freedom and pro-poor growth : evidence from Pakistan (1995-2010)
Zaman, Khalid; Khan, Muhammad Mushtaq; Ahmad, Mehboob - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 2 (2011) 1, pp. 24-35
The relationship between economic freedom and pro-poor growth is examined in Pakistan from 1995-2010. The concept of pro-poor growth is derived from the literature of Kakwani and Pernia (2000) and Kakwani and Son (2003). The domino effect shows that there is a strong link between economic...
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A study in Spanish regions’ poverty : a new methodological perspective
Calvo Gonzalez, José L.; Cortiñas Vázquez, Pedro; … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 163-183
The present article reviews poverty studies in Spanish Autonomous Communities using a new methodological approach. One of the main concerns in those studies is poverty concentration in specific Spanish Autonomous Communities. This can be the result of a bias due to use a unique national poverty...
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