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Equalizing Opportunities for Human Development (in One Country)
Roemer, John E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
This study develops a framework to investigate the optimal allocation of a country's fiscal resources to help equalize opportunities for human development. The author argues that the proper role for policy is the pursuit of equality of opportunities as opposed to equality of outcomes. Because...
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Gendering governance: the case of Mauritius
Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Verena - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 33 (2014) 6, pp. 535-563
Purpose – The relationship between gender and governance is often neglected in both conceptual and empirical work. However, gender equality in the decision-making fora is vital, for enabling far-reaching social change and for empowering people excluded from decision making. The purpose of this...
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On the dynamics of poverty and income inequality in US states
Apergis, Nicholas; Dincer, Oguzhan; Payne, James E. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) May, pp. 132-143
Purpose – This study seeks to provide answers to the following questions: Is there a relationship between poverty and … income inequality in the short run/long run? Is the relationship unidirectional from income inequality to poverty as the … income inequality and poverty within a multivariate framework using a panel data set of 50 US states over the period 1980 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143645
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The puzzles and paradoxes of human need: an introduction
Armour, Leslie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) February, pp. 180-191
paradoxes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper looks at India where poverty is rampant despite recent gains, and at Bhutan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131046
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On the dynamics of poverty and income inequality in US states
Apergis, Nicholas; Dincer, Oguzhan; Payne, James E. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) 2, pp. 132-143
Purpose – This study seeks to provide answers to the following questions: Is there a relationship between poverty and … income inequality in the short run/long run? Is the relationship unidirectional from income inequality to poverty as the … income inequality and poverty within a multivariate framework using a panel data set of 50 US states over the period 1980 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863274
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Why do people stay poor?
Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Ghatak, Maitreesh; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219050
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Poverty profile and correlates of poverty in Ghana
Adjasi, Charles K.D.; Osei, Kofi A. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) 7, pp. 449-471
Purpose – This paper's purpose is to examine the nature and correlates of poverty in Ghana. Design …/methodology/approach – Using the most recently published household living standards survey; the paper computes poverty indicators using the Foster … et al. , and Theil's inequality indicators to examine the nature of poverty. It also does a qualitative analysis on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805398
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The puzzles and paradoxes of human need: an introduction
Armour, Leslie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) 3, pp. 180-191
paradoxes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper looks at India where poverty is rampant despite recent gains, and at Bhutan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805651
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"Give us a chance to get an education" : single mothers' survival narratives and strategies for pursuing higher education on welfare
Katz, Sheila M. - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 17 (2013) 3, pp. 273-304
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010254488
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Knowing One’s Lot in Life Versus Climbing the Social Ladder: The Formation of Redistributive Preferences in Urban China
Smyth, Russell; Mishra, Vinod; Qian, Xiaolei - In: Social Indicators Research 96 (2010) 2, pp. 275-293
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009402708