Poverty and inequality persist in many dimensions in the developing world. In order to understand the determinants of … poverty and its distribution between and within countries, it is necessary to know its dimensions and the channels through … which poverty and inequality affect human well-being. This book analyzes the spatial disparities of the outcomes and …

year. If this trend continues, it may have detrimental effects on children's mental development, and far-reaching negative … effects for wider society. Examining whether there is some relationship between divorce, unemployment, poverty, inflation … growth have significant relationships with reported child abuse cases in the long run. However, divorce and poverty do not …

The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated … using a very large and representative dataset. Chapter three investigates how the increased return on investment on women in …