The paper explores different applications of the Shapley value for either inequality or poverty measures. We first … case of multiplicative poverty games for which indices are non additively decomposable in order to capture contributions of … sub-indices, which are multiplicatively connected with, as in the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon poverty index. We finally show in the …

Poverty alleviation is an important policy objective in developed welfare states. This paper analyzes the effect of … social transfer policies on poverty. A vast literature claims that high social effort goes along with low poverty levels … find quite a strong negative relationship between the level of public social expenditure and poverty among 28 OECD …

address poverty and poverty-related social needs. Using a number of illustrative cases, we explore how variations in local … institutional mechanisms shape the local "face of poverty" in different communities and how this relates to variations in the …

the impact of trade liberalization on agricultural growth, poverty, and income distribution. However, conventional models … ignore the channels linking technical change in agriculture, trade openness, and poverty. This study seeks to incorporate … poverty and equity. The analysis uses the Latent Class Stochastic Frontier Model (LCSFM) and the metafrontier function to …

more equal and just; it begins by demonstrating that world poverty is pervasive, and that the global economic structure is …, helping toward ending world poverty and extreme inequality, the paper and its findings constitute an original and a valuable …

services. For the purpose of holistic approach for micro-enterprises' development and poverty alleviation, the spiritual …, poverty alleviation will be successful if Islamic financing is conducted in many areas, and the government takes part in this …

mechanisms for financing poverty alleviation programmes and the value of the third sector in promoting public welfare. Design … institution of awqaf reducing poverty through the provision of quality education, better health care and employment opportunities …. Government will be made aware of the need to explore non-conventional methods in tackling poverty, recognize Islamic endowments …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the short and the long run wheat demand elasticities in Pakistan … any future food security policy in Pakistan. The less elastic nature of wheat demand both in the short and the long run … run and long run elasticities in Pakistan. …

The almshouse dominated the thinking about poverty and the poor during America's period of industrialization and its …