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In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been … of other social benefits. A set of new indicators of nationwide inequality, based on household survey data, suggests that … overall inequality has ceased to increase in recent years, and may even have inched down. Alternative measures of income …
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its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …
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impact on wage inequality. We find that non-routine cognitive and interpersonal tasks have increased, while routine cognitive … tasks first increased and then declined. Occupation structural change is accompanying rising wage inequality. The wage … intensity are associated with lower wages. While the return to education has become the largest contributor to wage inequality …
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impact on wage inequality. We find that non-routine cognitive and interpersonal tasks have increased, while routine cognitive … tasks first increased and then declined. Occupation structural change is accompanying rising wage inequality. The wage … intensity are associated with lower wages. While the return to education has become the largest contributor to wage inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545400
its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181039
Efforts to tackle discrimination in access to basic services have shown mixed results in different country settings. This study examines the positive and negative outcomes attributed to anti-discrimination measures adopted in different country contexts and analyses the factors contributing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688578
Efforts to tackle discrimination in access to basic services have shown mixed results in different country settings. This study examines the positive and negative outcomes attributed to anti-discrimination measures adopted in different country contexts and analyses the factors contributing to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634586
The non-completion of primary school and educational attainment in general in Indonesia has been associated with an increased likelihood of being or remaining poor. In light of this, this paper considers the evolution of primary school non-completion using six rounds of the Indonesia Demographic...
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inequality for two important non-income measures of wellbeing, childrenz s stature and adult womenq s educational attainment. Our … purpose is to determine whether the worrying trend of increasing income inequality in Latin America is also found in non …-income dimensions of well-being. We find that it is not. Almost across the board, health inequality, measured by childreni s stature …
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This paper discusses the evolution of education and health poverty in Indonesia during a period of substantial economic development. The paper reviews the existing empirical research and provides new estimates of the evolution of education and health poverty using the Demographic and Health...
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