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market, together with the increase in the transfers received by households, results in an increase in their income. Poverty …
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We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and … high mobility in and out of poverty. …
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involved, of the difficulties which can arise in the measurement of poverty and inequality when one compares populations of …
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Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture.s relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African governments
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nutrition-based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in …
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient isuues in contemporary China. China's aging population …
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population living in poverty. Focusing on China, financial repression again acts as a driver for inequality and its effect is …
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measure the poverty risk among immigrants in Cyprus. Results show that immigrants face a higher risk and depth of poverty than … the native population. Large intra-group variation exists. Poverty risk is considerably higher for non-Europeans and … income increases the measured poverty gap between natives and immigrants even further, due to the lower incidence of …
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Este trabajo aplica al caso peruano el marco conceptual de igualdad de oportunidades y otros indicadores para medir de manera directa cómo se distribuyen las oportunidades de acceso a bienes y servicios clave entre los niños. El objetivo subyacente de la investigación es poner en el debate...
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The EU-SILC 2005 wave includes a special module on inter-generational transmission of poverty. In addition to the … analysis of the relationship between poverty and social exclusion and parental characteristics and childhood economic … extreme. Finally, we compare findings from one dimensional and multidimensional approaches to poverty and social exclusion in …
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