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Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China
Li, Bingqin; Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354041
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Jewish households, Arab households, and income inequality in rural Israel : ramifications for the Israeli-Arab conflict
Qimḥî, Ayyāl - In: Defence and peace economics 21 (2010) 4, pp. 381-394
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008857190
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Remittances and household welfare : a case study of Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar - 2010
This paper examines the impact of remittances on economy and household welfare in Pakistan by using a general equilibrium framework and microeconometric analysis. The first approach is to highlight the macroeconomic and sectoral effects of a reduction in remittances, while the second is to show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984682
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Gender inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510148
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Of proprietors and proletarians : inequality, household indebtedness, macroeconomic imbalances and the ownership society
Holzner, Mario; Jestl, Stefan - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517173
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The emergence of a finance culture in American households, 1989-2007
Fligstein, Neil; Goldstein, Adam - In: Socio-economic review 13 (2015) 3, pp. 575-601
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The welfare impact of rising food prices : the walfare impact of rising food prices differs for net food consumers and net producers
Dimova, Ralitza - 2015
Dramatic food price spikes in recent years have stimulated debate on the welfare implications of food price risk. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of undernourished people in sub-Saharan Africa rose to a record 265 million in 2009. There is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430549
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Inequality in emissions : evidence from Indonesian households
Irfany, Mohammad Iqbal - 2015
Although the literature on emission inequality is abundant, this study will differentiate itself by focusing on … measures on emission inequality based on household characteristics as well as decompose it into sources of emission. Employing … emission inequality tends to decline until the middle quintiles but then further increases in expenditure level and worsens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011284927
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Intrahousehold and interhousehold child nutrition inequality in Malawi
Mussa, Richard - In: The South African journal of economics 83 (2015) 1, pp. 140-153
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