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. The most severe problem is selection bias as a result of selective sorting into neighbourhoods. This paper argues that in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274593
This paper is about low-income neighbourhoods, their organisation and management. It is not a study in deprivation, but …-level problems. It addresses environmental and social problems within neighbourhoods as part of a wider understanding of social … British examples, many of the issues are relevant to other countries. Although its focus is on low-income urban neighbourhoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126202
Area-based programmes have long been a feature of urban policy in the UK. One rationale is that they are an effective means to target poor people. Area deprivation indices are used to identify areas for targeting. This paper reviews the different results produced by these indices. It then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126662
Area-based programmes have long been a feature of urban policy in the UK. One rationale is that they are an effective means to target poor people. Area deprivation indices are used to identify areas for targeting. This paper reviews the different results produced by these indices. It then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201186
. The most severe problem is selection bias as a result of selective sorting into neighbourhoods. This paper argues that in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680890
This paper is about low-income neighbourhoods, their organisation and management. It is not a study in deprivation, but …-level problems. It addresses environmental and social problems within neighbourhoods as part of a wider understanding of social … British examples, many of the issues are relevant to other countries. Although its focus is on low-income urban neighbourhoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670662
Welcoming 60,000 Southeast Asian refugees in the 1979-80 period has become a celebrated part of Canada's history, but …
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Income Supplement in 1968 and the reduction in poverty after 1973 to the maturing of the Canada/Quebec Pension Plan regimes … best job in boosting the income levels of seniors above the poverty line. In his view, Canada has done a remarkable job in … has in fact been the reduction of poverty among senior citizens. According to Osberg, the poverty rate, defined with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481823
The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries - the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the U … poverty. The paper looks at the policies they have adopted to address the problem. 'Poverty' is interpreted broadly and hence …
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This paper examines the determinants of poverty intensity in US states and Canadian provinces in 1994 and 1997 …. Although most Canadian provinces had lower poverty than US states in 1994, by 1997 Canadian distinctiveness had greatly … major reforms to unemployment insurance and welfare in Canada and the US? The paper examines the relative importance for …
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