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The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: Evidence from Latin American countries
Costa, Joana; Silva, Elydia; Vaz, Fábio - 2009
This Working Paper investigates the possible link between gender inequalities in the labour market and significant economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight Latin American countries. We consider four aspects of...
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Poverty, indigence and public investment in Bolivia: A simulation analysis
Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Villegas Quino, Horacio - 2011
The study of the impact of public investment on poverty is currently of particular importance due to, among other factors, the commitments that several countries have acquired in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals and the current political situation which gives a more prominent...
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Poverty Alleviation and the Degree of Centralisation in European Schemes of Social Assistance
Kraus, Margit; Hölsch, Katja - 2003
In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes except for Luxembourg according to features related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298133
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Land reform in Moldova: how viable are emerging peasant farms? An assessment referring to a recent World Bank study
Petrick, Martin - 2000
Based on a case study of two Moldovan regions, the paper challenges the favourable assessment of recently established peasant farms in a World Bank study by LERMAN et al. (1998). The main arguments in favour of a more critical view of the results of land privatisation and farm restructuring are...
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Cross-national differences in income poverty among Europe´s 50+
Hallberg, Daniel - 2006
This paper studies income poverty among the 50+ population in 10 EU countries using newly collected data from the SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household's disposable annual income is used. Relative income poverty range from 10 percent (in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321533
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Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households
Bali Swain, Ranjula; Floro, Maria - 2007
Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more unbearable. India¡¦s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-initiated Self-Help Group (SHG) program, which is currently the largest and fastest growing...
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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en Guatemala
Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - 2003
El presente trabajo explora las causas de la deforestación y la pérdida de biodiversidad en Guatemala. El documento se divide en cuatro partes. En la primera, se presenta una generalización sobre la deforestación en Guatemala entre 1950-2000. Así mismo se explora la relación entre...
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Welfare in Village and Towns: Micro-Measurement of Poverty and Inequality
Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Jean - 2000
We construct and derive the properties of an estimator of welfarewhich takes advantage of the detailed nature of information about living standards available in small household surveys and the comprehensive coverage of a census. By combining the strengths of each, our estimator can be used at a...
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Poverty alleviation and the degree of centralisation in European schemes of social assistance
Hölsch, Katja; Kraus, Margit - 2003
In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes according to features related to centralisation is...
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Armut in Deutschland verfestigt sich
Groh-Samberg, Olaf - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 12, pp. 177-182
"abgehängten Unterklasse" gesehen. In anderen Szenarien erscheinen große Teile der Gesellschaft vom Absturz in die Armut bedroht … auftreten, in die Analyse ein, so zeigt sich eine Zunahme verfestigter Armut. Eine Ausbreitung der Prekarität, d. h. des … Pendelns zwischen der "Mitte" und der "Armut", ist nicht zu beobachten. Hauptbetroffene verfestigter Armut sind nach wie vor …
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