The puzzle of why the cycle of poverty persists and upward socioeconomic mobility is so difficult has long captivated … scholars and the public alike. Yet with all of the attention that has been paid to poverty, the crucial role of the law …, particularly state and local law, in perpetuating poverty is largely ignored. This Article offers a new theory of poverty, one that …

constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of constitutional language of the economic and social rights matter … do not find an association between economic and social rights framed as directive principles and poverty. Third, we do … find a strong negative association between economic and social rights framed as enforceable law and poverty. When we use …

of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the microeconomic level. Testing a model of poverty change on a panel …, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate … of data for more than 80 countries from 1981 to 2005, we find that income instability results in a lower poverty …

Debates about poverty relief and foreign aid often hinge on claims about how many poor people there are in the world … and what constitutes poverty. Good measures of poverty are essential for addressing the world poverty problem. Measures of … poverty require a basis for determining who is poor and a method of aggregation. Historically, the methods of aggregation were …

information, it is already a challenge to derive interesting parameter like inequality or poverty for the individual countries … and global income, poverty and inequality for the period 1980-2013 only based on income quintiles of 178 countries …

present a case study using the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in the sixth section. The final section presents …

(education & skills) is one of the most important factors that facilitate the intergenerational transmission of poverty in … find that failure to ensure quality secondary education is a major concern in fighting the poverty transmission from one … comprehensively addressing secondary education through a Social Fund …

The government is rightly concerned with employment generation to make growth inclusive. The use of the open …

choose the non-professional education track. Those who might have otherwise pursued higher, professional education may forgo … education since, they will be overqualified in the host country. This will have a long run affect. As time goes on, therefore …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to poverty using cross-sectional data and panel … vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and … high mobility. -- vulnerability ; poverty ; ROC ; German panel data …