Poverty analysis often results in the computation of poverty indexes based on so-called poverty lines which can be region speci…c poverty lines. The poverty lines are made of two components, namely the amount of income to satisfy the food and the non food needs. For both components, one needs...

A monetary approach cannot represent the complex and multidimensional phenomena of poverty, as it only takes economic aspects into account. Many attempts have been made to propose multidimensional approaches to poverty using basic needs or capabilities approaches. For our study we adopted a...

We analyze the productivity changes in basic and secondary education for 24 governorates in Tunisia over the period 2004-2008. In methodological term, we employ the Malmquist index, to estimate changes in total factor productivity which can be decomposed into two main components namely,...

This paper investigates the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and managerial risk-taking, as well as the differences in governance structure that affect this association. Using a sample of US public firms, we find that firms with strong CSR records engage in higher...