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Xenophobia, International Migration and Human Development
Crush, Jonathan; Ramachandran, Sujata - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
forms of discrimination, hostility, and violence experienced by migrant communities, with the latter becoming easy … xenophobia witnessed in recent times in five countries including South Africa, India, Malaysia, Libya, and Thailand. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507010
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Welfare Regime and Social Class Variation in Poverty and Economic Vulnerability in Europe: An Analysis of EU-SILC
Whelan, Christopher T.; Maître, Bertrand - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2010
In this paper we address a set of interrelated issues. These comprise increasing concerns about reliance on nationally based income poverty measures in the context of EU-enlargement, the relative merits of one dimensional versus multidimensional approaches to poverty and social exclusion and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008487727
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Stigma consciousness among the unemployed and prejudices against them: development of two scales for the 7th wave of the panel study "Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)"
Gurr, Thomas; Jungbauer-Gans, Monika - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 4, pp. 335-351
"This paper develops scales to measure stigma consciousness in the unemployed and prejudices against them, using a quantitative survey. The requirement for these scales is illustrated in the introduction. The theoretical substantiation of the scale development includes a definition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734061
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Who's In and Who's Out: Social Exclusion in Latin America
Sojo, Carlos; Behrman, Jere R.; Rada, Ernesto Pérez de; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Social exclusion is closely linked with many economic problems in Latin America, as it prevents people from reaching their full productive potential -in turn constraining growth and revenues- and makes them more likely to incur public health and social service costs. Who's In and Who's Out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943550
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Occupational Pattern, Wage Rates and Earning Disparities in India: A Decomposition Analysis
MUKHERJEE, DIPA; MAJUMDER, RAJARSHI - In: Indian Economic Review 46 (2011) 1, pp. 131-152
discrimination during entry and wage setting, and that by endowment in explaining the occupational and earning disparities have been … Discrimination and Endowment gaps. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368441
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India: Second NGO Shadow Report on CEDAW: Executive Summary
eSocialSciences; National Alliance of Women - 2007
The 2nd and 3rd NGO Alternative Report on CEDAW -- INDIA has just been submitted to the UN CEDAW Committee and is … discrimination and social exclusion of women and provide evidence in the form of statistics and media reports on the prevalence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487715
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Who's In and Who's Out: Social Exclusion in Latin America
Sojo, Carlos; Behrman, Jere R.; Rada, Ernesto Pérez de; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Social exclusion is closely linked with many economic problems in Latin America, as it prevents people from reaching their full productive potential -in turn constraining growth and revenues- and makes them more likely to incur public health and social service costs. Who's In and Who's Out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772474
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Utsatthetens olika ansikten: Begreppsöversikt och analys
Alm, Susanne; Bäckman, Olof; Gavanas, Anna; Kumlin, Johanna - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2010
This paper has two purposes: the first is to give an introduction to and an analysis of the most important concepts for describing social disadvantage in contemporary Sweden – poverty, social exclusion and the concept “utanförskap”. The latter is difficult to give a proper English...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764928
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Social Exclusion and Jobs Reservation in India
Borooah, Vani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
particular, they may have only a small effect (as with Dalits in India) when the group's educational base is low. Consequently … of poor Dalit achievement lies in the many dysfunctional primary and secondary schools in the villages and towns of India … Indian Institute of Management, or the All-India Medical Institute. But, before the vast mass of educationally and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836407
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Disability–Poverty Nexus
Dalal, Ajit K. - In: Psychology and Developing Societies 22 (2010) 2, pp. 409-437
negative attitudes, prejudices, stigma and discrimination, together with inaccessible physical environment. The poor with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134888