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Socio-economic inequality in South Africa according to different disparity indices
Hakizimana, Jean-Mari V.; Geyer, Hermanus S. - 2014
The purpose of the paper is to identify areas in South Africa where social-economic disparity exists using 2011 census data. Different indices are used to measure spatial disparity with the aim of finding the most appropriate approach for measuring disparities under different circumstances. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504381
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Determinants of monetary poverty in the European Union
Želinský, Tomáš - 2012
The main objective of the study is to analyze the most important determinants of monetary poverty (at macro-level) in the Western EU countries taking into account the effects of regional spillovers. According to the latest estimates over 16 per cent of the EU citizens are poor (based on monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515562
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Are social exclusion and poverty measures interrelated? : a study with Spanish data
Sánchez, Cristina; Cortiñas, Pedro; Calvo, José Luís - 2012
One of the targets of Europe's growth strategy (Europe 2020) is "reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion". Since poverty is a multidimensional concept, EUROSTAT proposes three indicators to calculate it: people at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518159
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A decomposition of multidimensional economic well-being : an application to Spanish regions
Díaz Caro, Carlos; Pérez Mayo, Jesús - 2015 - (Early draft version)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...
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Spatial distribution of poverty in the European Union
Stankovicŏvá, Iveta; Želinský, Tomáš - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581773
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Child poverty in a regional perspective : a study of Sweden 1990 and 2010 : a paper prepared for the 53rd European Congress of Regional Science International, 27-31 August 2013, Pa...
Rauhut, Daniel; Lingärde, Svante - 2013
regional perspective. This study uses data collected from Statistics Sweden (SCB), the National Board of Health and Welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011616779
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The evolution of Maize production in Romania
Popescu, Mihai; Cristea, Stelica; Chiriac, Andreea-Raluca; … - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 132-136). 2018
Agriculture is an important economic sector in all countries, being the main source of food for the population and a … major supplier of raw materials for the manufacturing and export industries. Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important crop … agrofitotechnical peculiarities. In the current context, due to the significant quantities of maize it produces, Romania plays an …
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The dynamics of maize production in the climate factors variability conditions
Cofas, Elena - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 239-245). 2018
feed, in industry, and as a product for export activities. For these reasons, maize occupies more than one third of the … country's arable land. Maize is a cereal crop with multiple and distinctive phyto-techical and biological peculiarities, of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058420
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The influence of sowing season on corn yield under the conditions of current climate changes
Şimon, Alina; Haş, Voichița; Varga, Andrei; Russu, Florin - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : trends and …, (pp. 240-247). 2022
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the corn production obtained following the change of the sowing date. In the current context of current climate changes, adaptation of cultivation technology is essential to obtain satisfactory quantitative and qualitative results. The experimental factors...
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Economic insecurity as systemic risk
Pârţachi, Ion; Gârlă, Eugeniu - In: Analele ştiinţifice ale Univerşităţii Alexandru … 62 (2015) 1, pp. 29-36
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