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Foreign Aid and Population Policy: Some Ethical Considerations.
Blackorby, C.; Bossert, W.; Donaldson, D. - Department of Economics, University of Waterloo - 1996
population control aid. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818070
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The focus axiom and poverty : on the co-existence of precise language and ambiguous meaning in economic measurement
Subramanian, Sreenivasan - 2011
ought to be sensitive only to changes in the income-distribution of the poor population of any society. In practice, most … poverty indices advanced in the literature satisfy an "income-focus" but not a "population-focus" axiom. This, it is argued in … measures which either satisfy both income and population focus or violate both, or which effectively do not recognize a clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308280
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The focus axiom and poverty : on the co-existence of precise language and ambiguous meaning in economic measurement
Subramanian, Sreenivasan - 2012
ought to be sensitive only to changes in the income-distribution of the poor population of any society. In practice, most … poverty indices advanced in the literature satisfy an "income-focus" but not a "population-focus" axiom. This, it is argued in … measures which either satisfy both income and population focus or violate both, or which effectively do not recognize a clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515906
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World Income Distribution: Which Way?
Svedberg, Peter - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), … - 2003
Over the past few years, a large number of studies have aimed at estimating changes in relative income distribution across countries and globally. Some of the studies find the distribution to have worsened considerably, others that it has become more even. One objective of this article is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005648815
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The effectiveness of foreign aid to women's equality organizations in the MENA : does aid promote women's political participation?
Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina - 2013
In this paper, we address the question of whether official development assistance promotes gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region by examining the effects of aid to Women's Equality Organizations and Institutions on women's political empowerment, measured by the proportion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767801
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The impact of population growth on economic growth and poverty reduction in Uganda
Klasen, Stephan; Lawson, David - 2007
The paper examines the link between population and per capita economic growth, and poverty, using the interesting case … one of the highest population growth rates in the world which, due to the inherent demographic momentum, will persist for … impact of population growth on per capita economic growth and poverty. We find both theoretical considerations and strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266850
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Religion and Growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2024
development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532922
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Demographic change and wealth inequality: Global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D. - 2022
. Empirical results from quantile regressions indicate that besides macroeconomic and institutional factors, population ageing and … the high size of working population exhibit some mitigating effects on wealth inequality at lower quantiles and the … opposite effect at high quantiles. Whereas at the quantile above 75, rising share of working age population, population growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549406
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Immigration, Human Capital Formation and Endogenous Economic Growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …, the population share of skilled migrants has been approaching or exceeding that of skilled natives. We offer theoretical … capital, population, income growth and distribution, and migration trends are endogenous. We derive new insights about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428830
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The nexus between population and economic growth in Ethiopia: An empirical inquiry
Degu, Adisu Abebaw - In: International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences … 12 (2019) 3, pp. 43-50
Purpose: The link between population growth and economic growth has been becoming of most significant interest for … researchers. However, there is no consensus among economists and researchers about the interaction between population and economic … Lag (ARDL) co-integration approach and Toda-Yamamoto Causality tests. Finding: Population and economic growth (Proxied by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622959