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Relative inequality and poverty in Germany and the United States using alternative equivalence scales
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - 1994
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups … income ; inequality ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667623
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Relative Inequality and Poverty in Germany and the United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales
Merz, Joachim - 2009
inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels … different results from those using all other scales with respect to the relative income and poverty levels of vulnerable groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159252
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Editor’s Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 10 (2005) Spring, pp. 1-2
contains six articles. Topics covered are: the puzzling recent behaviour of labour productivity in Canada; an international … perspective on Canada's productivity performance since the 1990s; the role of population growth in shaping productivity growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518979
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Editor’s Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 1-2
aggregate productivity in Canada; and the role of micro-institutions in fostering productivity growth and reducing poverty in … contains six articles. Topics covered are: the magnitude of the Canada-U.S. productivity gap at the industry level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518986
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Two scales, one methodology : expenditure based equivalence scales for the United States and Germany
Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 1994
, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use … a country specific equivalence scale (social assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for … ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667627
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Two Scales, One Methodology-Expenditure Based Equivalence Scales for the United States and Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2009
, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use … a country specific equivalence scale (social assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159070
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War and Lack of Governance in Colombia : Narcos, Guerrillas, and U.S. Policy
Buscaglia, Edgardo - 2006
This essay addresses the institucional governance-related factors associated with Colombia´s civil war and fight against terrorism. The piece identifies governance-related explanatory indicators based on measuring government effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, abuses of discretion,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055712
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Eviction and Poverty in American Cities
Collinson, Robert; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
More than two million U.S. households have an eviction case filed against them each year. Policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels are increasingly pursuing policies to reduce the number of evictions, citing harm to tenants and high public expenditures related to homelessness. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362036
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"Beauty is the promise of happiness"?
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Abrevaya, Jason - 2011
.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, we construct beauty measures in different ways that allow putting a lower bound on the true …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235144
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Editor’s Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 11 (2005) Fall, pp. 1-2
Standards, contains seven articles on a range of topics: policies to improve productivity growth in Canada; the causes of lower … information and communications technology investment in Canada relative to the United States; the impact of fiscal policy on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518946