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مدخل اجتماعي لمشكلة الفقر (Socioeconomic Approach to Poverty in Developing Countries)

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2015

English Abstract: Poverty is a worldwide Phenomenon. Many people including some from the great industrial countries in … general agreement on the concept of poverty, its definition and measurement technique, the most expedient definition is the … one which counts the number of those below the poverty line as % from the total population number in the local, national …

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Equivalence Scales Based on Revealed Preference Consumption Expenditure Microdata - The Case of West Germany Zu Lüneburg

Merz, Joachim - 2009

, inequality and poverty. This paper provides equivalence scales based on revealed preference consumption microdata for West …

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Two Scales, One Methodology-Expenditure Based Equivalence Scales for the United States and Germany

Merz, Joachim - 2009

, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use … a country specific equivalence scale (social assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for …

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Insurance and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa : Policy Thresholds

Asongu, Simplice - 2020

In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, using data from 42 countries during the period 2004-2014. Three inequality variables are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. Two insurance premiums are employed,...

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Child Tax Credit Redux

Lipman, Francine J. - 2020

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Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means‐Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2016 : Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Le, Tu - 2020

The federal government spent more than $2.3 trillion in 2016 on the welfare state, an amount equal to approximately 60 percent of all federal outlays in that year. About $1.6 trillion of those expenditures went to Social Security and Medicare, and the other roughly $700 billion was used to fund...

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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2007

immigrants as for the entire population, and there is more generational mobility among immigrants in Canada than in the United …

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The Model of Infaq and Shodaqoh Management in Increasing the Society's Economy Welfare

Kurjono - 2017

Objective – This study is qualitative study with triangulation method. Survey is done to two Masjids, i.e.: Al Hikmah Masjid and Babussalam Masjid.Methodology/Technique – Data are gained through deep interviews, observations and literature studies.Findings – The study result shows that the...

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Who Counts? Assessing Accuracy of the Homeless Count

Flaming, Daniel - 2017

The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Counts from 2007 through 2017 are viewed as a body of work rather than discrete annual snapshots and assesses the extent to which the Counts present a consistent body of evidence and the extent to which there are inconsistencies among Counts, or with other data,...

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The Paris Agreement Implementation Blueprint : Legal Avenues to Blueprint Implementation (Part 2)

Crosland, Tim - 2017

The combination of political and climate crises in early 2017 create the conditions for the ultimate perfect storm. The dramatic collapse of polar ice-sheets, coupled with climatic and weather conditions increasingly hostile to human life and livelihoods, appear to demand an immediate...

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