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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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Spatial distribution of poverty in the European Union

Stankovicŏvá, Iveta; Želinský, Tomáš - 2013

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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, Palermo, Italy

Rauhut, Daniel; Lingärde, Svante - 2013

regional perspective. This study uses data collected from Statistics Sweden (SCB), the National Board of Health and Welfare …

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Over-indebtedness and poverty : patterns across household types and policy effects

Kuypers, Sarah; Verbist, Gerline - International Research Conference on Household … - 2022

Household debt has increased significantly since the second half of the 20th century, making it one of the cornerstones of household financial behaviour. It is, however, necessary to monitor that indebtedness does not spiral out of control, as it can have negative consequences both at the micro...

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Research on the weeds control in maize crop

Si̧mon, Alina; Bărdaṣ, Marius; Popa, Alin - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 153-158). 2019

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the degree of dicotyledonous weed species of maize culture, the effectiveness … of weed control products and the evaluation of maize yield. Experimental factors A-treatment variants: a1-pre … enrichment of maize crops by numerical determination of weed species before herbicide and after herbicide treatment at 14, 21 and …

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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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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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