Similar Search Results

Literature Review of Frameworks for Macro-indicators

Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2004

related to the domains of interest, the purpose for which the indicator is designed, and the population to be covered, among …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518935

Measuring the Impact of Research on Well-being: A Survey of Indicators of Well-being

Sharpe, Andrew; Smith, Jeremy - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005

The main objective of this report is to conduct a survey and assessment of various indicators used by organizations, both in Canada and abroad, to measure attributes and the well-being of society at the economic, health, environmental, social, and cultural levels. The compilation includes a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518936

La relevancia de la desigualdad en la medición del desarrollo humano. Uruguay 1991-2002

Amarante, Verónica; Arim, Rodrigo; Vigorito, Andrea - In: REVISTA DESARROLLO Y SOCIEDAD (2010)

alternativas de idh que incorporan una corrección por la desigualdad en la distribución de los logros alcanzados en cada dimensión … (2005). Se encuentra que la incorporación de la desigualdad altera significativamente los resultados obtenidos sobre la … cambios importantes en las posiciones relativas. Ambos resultados indican que la desigualdad debería ser incorporada …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322942

Distribución de la renta y ciclo económico: España 2003-2011

García Cruz, Gustavo Adolfo; Raymond, Josep Lluis; … - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2014) 30, pp. 53-77

En este artículo se estudia la relación entre ciclo económico y desigualdad a través de las regiones en España en el … periodo 2003-2011. Los resultados muestran que la desigualdad presenta un marcado comportamiento cíclico: en el periodo … expansivo (2003-2007) la desigualdad y la polarización disminuye, mientras que en la fase recesiva (2008-2011) existe un aumento …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105093

Missing the Mark : Welfare Reform and Rural Poverty

Pruitt, Lisa R. - 2007

This article considers welfare reform's impact in rural America. Professor Pruitt asserts that federal welfare reform legislation, the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), reflects an urban political agenda that failed to consider rural realities. Based on her...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777667

La desigualdad en el consumo familiar.Diferencias de género en la España contemporánea (1850-1930)

Borderías, Cristina; Pérez-Fuentes, Pilar; Sarasúa, … - Asociación Española de Historia Económica - AEHE - 2014

familiares por parte de los familiares que comparten hogar es igualitario. La desigualdad en el acceso a los recursos familiares … desigualdad en el consumo intra-familiar es hoy objeto de análisis por parte de la Economía y los organismos económicos … internacionales, apenas ha sido desarrollado por la Historia económica. En este artículo estudiamos la desigualdad en el acceso de …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839630

Does aid work for the poor?

McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - 2011

This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409618

Why Are Older Women Missing in India? The Age Profile of Bargaining Power and Poverty

Calvi, Rossella - 2018

Almost half of missing women in India are of post-reproductive ages. I show that intra-household gender inequality and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917579

Death and destitution: the global distribution of welfare losses from the COVID-19 pandemic

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, … - 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life as a common metric. We estimate that almost 20 million...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518090

The Effect of 'Failed' Community Mental Health Centers on Non-White Mortality

Avery, Mallory; LaVoice, Jessica - 2021

The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 established Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) across the country with the goal of providing continuous, comprehensive, community-oriented care to people suffering from mental illness. Despite this program being considered a failure by most...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214776