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Measuring Well-Being and Exclusion in Europe’sRegions

Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

dimensions of well-being: material wellbeing,health, education and participation in two spheres – productive and social …

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Welfare in Transition: Trends in Poverty andWell-being in Central Asia

Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

capability-based indicators –reflecting the health and education of the population and theextent to which the social sectors are …

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A Fair Share of Welfare: Public Spending on Children in England

Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

, particularly poor children, on major public services – education, health, social care,and housing – as well as social security. The …

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Halving Global Poverty

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

[...]This paper begins by discussing poverty trends on a global scale -- where the poor are located in the world and how their numbers have been changing over time. It then discusses the relationship of economic growth and income distribution to poverty reduction. Finally, it suggests an...

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A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development

Ghatak, Maitreesh; Jiang, Neville Nien-Huei - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

We analyze a simple and tractable model of occupational choice in the presence of credit marketimperfections. We examine the effect of parameters governing technology and transaction costs, andhistory, in terms of the initial wealth distribution, in determining the long-term wealth...

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United Kingdom Education 1997-2001

Glennerster, Howard - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

claimed that hisGovernment would make education a priority. The first part of thepaper reviews the scale of education spending … in relation to theeconomy at large and within the education budget. The second part ofthe paper looks at the productivity … education, theintroduction of income related loans to cover maintenance and up frontfees. The paper concludes some serious …

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