Despite changing attitudes around disability over time, people with disabilities still face large barriers to labour market participation. We apply a sociological framework that considers both supply- and demand-side explanations for labour market inequality to help understand the continuing...

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Turn to the Market -- 1 The Triumph of the Market -- 2 Business Moves: Markets, Nations, and Inequality -- 3 Disposable Workers -- 4 The Low-Wage, Low-Skill Strategy -- Part II: The Path Upward? -- 5 Education: Choice, Profit, and...

Cover -- Support Acknowledgments -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Background Facts -- Chapter Two: The Broad-Based Rise in the Return to Top Talent -- Chapter Three: The Economic Determinants of Top...

The book provides a detailed analysis of the causes of West Africa's current economic high-growth episode and proposes ways to extend it sustainably. It examines the potential role of regional integration through the establishment of a common currency union and of other policy options that can...

Providing a fascinating insight into the factors that influence individual choices regarding eating habits, diet and other behavioral patterns relevant to obesity, this book offers a new perspective about the relationship of obesity to poverty and inequality. The authors explore a unique...

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Scalars -- Functions -- Indices -- Vectors, Matrices, Etc. -- Symbols Related to Poverty and Inequality -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Objective and Research Question -- 1.2...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: The New Geography Hypothesis -- 1. Massive Global Income Inequality: When Did It Arise and Why Does It Matter? -- 2. The Reversal of Historical Inequality Trends -- Part II: Measurement -- 3. How Is National Income Measured, and Can We Trust the Data? --...

When discussing inequality and poverty in Hong Kong, scholars and politicians often focus on the failures of government policy and push for an increase in social welfare. Richard Wong argues in Fixing Inequality in Hong Kong that universal retirement support, minimum wage, and standard hours of...

A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution, this title deals with theoretical challenges and cutting-edge macro-micro linkage models. The authors compare the predictive and analytical power of various macro-micro linkage techniques using the...