, inequality and poverty, which paves a vista for further academic discourse. Design/methodology/approach – As a meta …, inequality and poverty should be investigated further. Unemployment increases levels of inequality and poverty within society … problem of global unemployment, the corollary of which is endemic inequality and poverty. Practical implications – Increases …

While liberalisation is designed to help growth and alleviate poverty by removing impediments that stop people and … the case of China, CL accompanied rapid, robust economic growth and reduction in poverty. However, from the mid-1980s …, inequality – among regions, between city and village, and within rural communities – soared, leaving stubborn poverty …

states. Thus the bulk of the growth in wage earnings and the attendant decline in poverty during this period appears to be …

absolute poverty will depend on how the pattern of employment composition changes within households and on how income is shared … present paper focuses on household employment composition. For a particular structure of the labor market— one with good jobs … employment are translated into household employment composition, we analyze the impact of minimum wages on a class of absolute …

How does labor market competitiveness frame the impact of greater labor productivity and lower inequality on poverty …? Specifically, does greater competitiveness increase the impact of higher labor productivity and lower inequality on poverty … only for its own sake, but because it improves the transmission mechanism from productivity increases to poverty reduction …

The effects of a minimum wage on employment and on poverty have been studied in the literature. This paper … characterizes the poverty minimizing minimum wage, and shows how it depends on productivity, inequality and the degree of labor …

models are estimated using Panel Study of Income Dynamics data. A single equation Probit model of household poverty … replicates the well-documented finding of higher poverty risk in rural places. However, a two-stage instrumental variables … approach accounting for residential choice finds no measured effect of rural location on poverty. Results suggest failure to …

phenomenon partly reflect that people who "choose" to live in rural areas have unmeasured attributes related to poverty? To … explanation for the higher incidence of poverty in rural than urban areas is that people with personal attributes associated with …