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Cameroon. We also identify gender related factors which explain income disparities and discrimination based on the 2001 and … gender-based inequality in Cameroon. …This study applies the regression-based inequality decomposition technique to explain poverty and inequality trends in …
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The Czech Republic has experienced a remarkable decline in the unemployment rate but not in relative poverty. I address … this and other facts by analysing the evolution of absolute and relative poverty over the 2004-2021 period. I first … document a remarkable decline in absolute poverty in poorer Czech regions, indicating that the growth experience of the Czech …
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While the poverty reductions in the Philippines in 2012–2018 are modest compared to what Vietnam, China or Indonesia … decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 …, unlike before, was consistently pro-poor. Moreover, growth and redistribution aligned after 2012 to reduce poverty, whereas …
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Gender poverty differences in households are likely to affect female-headed households more than male-headed households …. This paper examined the evolution of the gender poverty rate gap and identified the factors that underlie differences in …, the results do not support the feminization of poverty hypothesis in Kenya. Factors that have bridged the gender poverty …
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This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance … gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised …, inclusive tertiary education unconditionally promotes gender economic inclusion while the interaction between tertiary education …
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measurement of poverty. For the estimation of intrahousehold distribution of resources the study relies on collective Engel curves …. For the poverty analysis, we propose a fuzzy intrahousehold index which is less sensitive to small changes around the … poverty line compared to standard FGT indices and produce more reliable results. This provides an interesting approach to …
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The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub … the role of mobile money innovations in income inequality for gender inclusion are consistently negative. Fourth, given … distribution of gender inclusion, thresholds at which mobile money innovations can completely dampen the negative effect of income …
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This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub … gender inclusion through income inequality are consistently negative. Fourth, as the positive conditional or interactive … efects and negative net efects are consistent across the con‑ ditional distribution of gender inclusion, thresholds at which …
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Using nationally representative household survey data, and district and state as two levels of aggregation, we examine role of individual and geographical factors in determining the level and the change in income inequality in India. We find that between-state income differences account for the...
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Using nationally representative household survey data, and district and state as two levels of aggregation, we examine role of individual and geographical factors in determining the level and the change in income inequality in India. We find that between-state income differences account for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995001