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This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking and quantifying the extent of deprivation exhibited by multidimensional distributions, where the multiple attributes in which an individual can be deprived are represented by dichotomized variables. To this end we first aggregate deprivation...
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, bimodal club convergence may result. Economies may get stuck in a Predators’ Club characterized by a vicious circle of poverty …
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beneficence and Amartya Sen’s quest for a suitable realvalued representation of poverty. It suggests that both projects, in a … with some of the problems in poverty measurement reviewed in it—but only to reject this way out on other compelling grounds …
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examine the impact of rural-urban migration on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In … poverty and that non-poor households fall into poverty. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that failure to control for unobserved … into poverty. …
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In contrast to his contribution to other areas, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay's contributions to our understanding of poverty … Gangopadhyay directly takes on poverty, including its estimate and understanding its sources. Our contribution honours Gangopadhyay … poverty incidence. We highlight how far it can take us, and how it still leaves us far short of understanding much of what …
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policies cause economic inefficiency, environmental destruction and increased poverty. The paper develops a political economy …
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A recently much debated issue is why observed investment and growth rates inpoor countries are lower than traditional theory predicts. Empirical evidencesuggests that social and political instability is a major reason for thedivergence between poor and rich countries. However, there is still the...
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