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Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young Adult Disadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort
Hobcraft, John - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2003
pervasive childhood factors, associated with a wide range of adult disadvantage, and specific life-course domain antecedents …. Childhood disadvantage has more powerful legacies for women than for men: pathways to social exclusion are gendered. Experiences … of disadvantage between ages 16 and 23 relate as closely to outcomes at age 33 as at age 23. The excess legacy of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201269
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Stagnant Structure of Workforce among Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Andhra Pradesh: A Macro View
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper presents a macro view of changes in the structure of the workforce of Scheduled Tribes in Andhra Pradesh its impact in the inclusive growth perspective. The analysis indicates that although there has been progress on many development indicators in the ST community in the state, they...
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Modelling Potential Impact of Improved Survival of Indigenous Australians on Work-Life Labour Income Gap Between Indigenous and Average Australians
Brown, Laurie; Nepal, Binod - National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling … - 2011
This study compares work-life labour income of Indigenous and average Australians and assesses potential impact of bridging mortality gaps on their work-life earning gaps using a life-table model which took account of the survival, employment and income trajectories from 25 to 64 years....
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ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE AND EURO INTRODUCTION IN THE NEW EU MEMBER STATES
Toma, Ramona; Nicula, Virgil - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics 6(511)(supplement)(vol2) (2007) 6(511)(supplement)(vol2), pp. 17-24
Until the introduction of the Euro, the new EU member states have to reach a high degree of sustainable convergence that assures the adoption of the common currency. While Slovenia joined the Euro Zone on January 2007, most countries are struggling to meet the convergence criteria, especially...
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The joint effect of ethnicity and gender on occupational segregation : an approach based on the Mutual Information Index
Martin, Daniel Guinea; Mora, Ricardo; Castillo, Javier Ruiz - Departamento de Economía, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - 2012
This article studies the effects of gender and ethnicity on occupational segregation. The traditional approach to this topic measures the two sources of segregation separately. In contrast, we measure the joint effect of gender and ethnicity by applying a multigroup segregation index–the...
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The impact of school context: what headteachers say
Lupton, Ruth; Thrupp, Martin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
This paper reports the accounts of fifteen headteachers of primary schools in one local authority in the South East of England, including headteachers of schools that are amongst the most advantaged five per cent of schools in England and those amongst the most disadvantaged twenty per cent. The...
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Employment Outcomes of the Economically Disadvantaged
Cunningham, Michelle; Orsmond, David; Price, Fiona - In: RBA Bulletin (2014) March, pp. 23-32
moved out of this category by 2011–12. Finding employment was an important pathway out of economic disadvantage, although …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815262
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Surprising intersectionalities of inequality and privilege: the case of the arts and cultural sector
Tatli, Ahu; Ozbilgin, Mustafa - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
disadvantage in the labour market of the arts and cultural sector. It aims to first examine the way Acker's concept of inequality … multiplying the unequal outcomes on the basis of traditional categories of disadvantage. Instead, it argues that multiplicity of … identities and forms of disadvantage introduce complexity and contextual depth into the analysis of inequality if we are to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707976
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Social exclusion, deprivation and child health: a spatial analysis of ambulatory care sensitive conditions in children aged 0–4 years in Victoria, Australia
Butler, Danielle C.; Thurecht, Linc; Brown, Laurie; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 94 (2013) C, pp. 9-16
Victoria, Australia, and secondly to explore the relationship of ACSC hospitalisations with socio-economic disadvantage using a … variation in the geographical distribution of the relationship between ACSCs and socio-economic disadvantage, with both indexes …
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Socioeconomic position and physical activity among women in Melbourne, Australia: Does the use of different socioeconomic indicators matter?
Cleland, Verity; Ball, Kylie; Crawford, David - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 10, pp. 1578-1583
This study aimed to identify which indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) are independently associated with leisure-time physical activity among women. In 2005, women (n = 1166; 18–65 years) from Melbourne, Australia, reported their own (education, occupation, income), their partner's...
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