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In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151179
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
According to the Blacks' Diminished Return theory, the health effects of high socioeconomic status (SES) are systemically smaller for Black compared to White families. One hypothesis is that due to the existing structural racism that encompasses residential segregation, low quality of education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009833
This paper provides evidence on the causal relationship between education and poverty. I construct a novel database comprising compulsory schooling reforms in 32 European countries and use them as instruments for education. I find economically large poverty-reducing effects of education among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208850
Roma account for almost one-tenth of the population in the Slovak Republic. They live mostly excluded from the general population in concentrated settlements, separated neighbourhoods or ghettos. The majority live in poverty and face social exclusion in almost all aspects of everyday life. Only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111046
According to the Blacks’ Diminished Return theory, the health effects of high socioeconomic status (SES) are systemically smaller for Black compared to White families. One hypothesis is that due to the existing structural racism that encompasses residential segregation, low quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853899
This paper provides an overview on the income support measures for non-covered workers implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis, describing the collection of measures and policies in place in each selected country. This document provides a comparative overview of the different measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014320007
This paper provides an overview on the income support measures for non-covered workers implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis, describing the collection of measures and policies in place in each selected country. This document provides a comparative overview of the different measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357198
values provided by Statistics New Zealand. Measures of income inequality and poverty, along with the incidence of income tax …, do not have a significant impact on population-level measures of income inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678051
socioeconomic and demographic circumstances to inequality of opportunity in accessing basic services. The new and major contribution … variable to the inequality of opportunity. This contribution is crucial in identifying which underlying inequalities matter … distribution. The study also finds that inequality of opportunity is driven mainly by per capita household expenditure. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011009734