Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 67,786
Cover Image
The Effect of Unionization on Poverty in the Turkish Labor Market
Cankal, Erhan - 2008
poverty and unionization in the Turkish labor market. Because of the lack of comprehensive data, a detailed research on the …This article investigates the variations in the incidence of poverty depending on the changes in economic, social, and … poverty issues in the Turkish labor market in great detail has long been a problem for researchers. Previous studies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012768327
Cover Image
Rapid urbanization, employment crisis and poverty in African LDCs:A new development strategy and aid policy
Herrmann, Michael; Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
opportunities, is a central element of viable poverty reduction strategy for Bangladesh as well. Without significant poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789299
Cover Image
Freedom of movement for workers : relaxing immigration restrictions could greatly improve the well-being of people in developing countries, with little effect on wages
Kennan, John - 2014
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420240
Cover Image
Perspectives on the World Income Distribution: Beyond Twin Peaks Towards Welfare Conclusions
Weisbrod, Julian; Vollmer, Sebastian; Holzmann, Hajo - 2007
obtain measures for global inequality and poverty as well as global growth incidence curves. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296043
Cover Image
Perspectives on the World Income Distribution: Beyond Twin Peaks Towards Welfare Conclusions
Weisbrod, Julian; Vollmer, Sebastian; Holzmann, Hajo - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2007
obtain measures for global inequality and poverty as well as global growth incidence curves. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005109503
Cover Image
Health Expenditure, Poverty and Economic Development in Latin America 2000-2005
Guisan, M.C.; Aguayo, E. - In: International Journal of Applied Econometrics and … 4 (2007) 2, pp. 5-24
Two of the main problems of many Latin American countries are poverty and low levels of expenditure on health. In many … expenditure. This article analyses the evolution of health expenditure, poverty indicators and economic development in American … development will have on poverty eradication and health improvement for the next years. Both national policies and international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005607434
Cover Image
Perspectives on the World Income Distribution - Beyond Twin Peaks Towards Welfare Conclusions
Holzmann, Hajo; Vollmer, Sebastian; Weisbrod, Julian - Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), … - 2007
obtain measures for global inequality and poverty as well as global growth incidence curves. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005635399
Cover Image
Are the Washington Consensus Policies Sustainable? Game Theoretical Assessment for the Case of Ecuador
Páez, Pedro Francisco - Department of Economics, University of Utah - 2005
This paper presents an evaluation of the so-called Washington Consensus economic policies in the case of Ecuador during the eighties and the nineties in a game theoretical framework. In a multi-period game, in which it acts as Stackelberg leader, the government minimizes a quadratic loss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005434824
Cover Image
Freedom of movement for workers
Kennan, John - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404903
Cover Image
The role of the labour market
Joumard, Isabelle; Londoño Vélez, Juliana - 2013
Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009769636