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Are Long-Lived Persons Utility Monsters?

Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022

Nozick's "utility monster" - a being who is more efficient than other persons at transforming resources into well-being - is often regarded as deeply impossible, on the ground of the incapacity of a single person to have a life that is better than a large number of other lives. In this article,...

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Explaining levels of between-group and within-group inequality and poverty in South Africa

Cheteni, Priviledge - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-11

Most research on poverty has focused on causes of poverty and the inequality gap nationally, meanwhile increasing levels of inequality and poverty has actual occurred within population groups. This study focuses on the sources and extent of within-groups (intragroup; blacks African against each...

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The human right to science: From fragmentation to comprehensive implementation?

Larsen, Peter Bille; Pamintuan, Marjorie - 2022

global inequalities not least in terms of how the privatization of science and current intellectual property regimes hinder …

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Social Investment and Territorial Inequalities: Mapping Policies and Services in the Baltic States

Bucaite-Vilke, Jurga (contributor) - 2022

territorial inequalities in terms of better policy coordination, capacities, and institutional infrastructures' adaptability to …

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The impact of affirmative action in India and the United States: A systematic literature review

Schotte, Simone; Leone, Tharcisio; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2023

) policies in addressing socio-economic inequalities between ethnic groups in education and employment. We focus on two of the …

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Desigualdades raciais e de renda no acesso à saúde nas cidades brasileiras

Tomasiello, Diego Bogado; Bazzo, João; Parga, João; … - 2023

services to reduce, spatial, and income inequalities in access to health care. Several studies explore the spatial dimension of … socioeconomic inequalities in access to health services in Brazil, but few analyze inequalities within urban areas and bring … evidence of racial inequalities. This study aims to contribute to this debate by presenting the first large-scale study …

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Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth: A roadmap for action

Boarini, Romina; Causa, Orsetta; Fleurbaey, Marc; … - 2018

The authors propose a policy compact to achieve more inclusive growth in G20 countries so that economic growth regains the ultimate sense of improving all people's lives. Guiding principles are: 1) prosperity is not just about income but about all relevant outcomes of well-being and capabilities...

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Social development – a multidimensional approach to social development analysis. Country level evidence

Lechman, Ewa - 2013

cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field …

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Education through the lens of sustainable human development

Moretti, Gianna Alessandra Sanchez - 2016

If human development is defined as a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process aiming to improve the well-being of populations and individuals, then the one element that can serve as the motor driving development is education. However, it is alleged that the international...

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Technological Progress, Globalization, and Secular Stagnation

Popović, Milenko - In: Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice 7 (2018) 1, pp. 59-100

After the 2008 crisis, despite economic recovery that started in 2009, the world economy has experienced a downward shift of its growth path and a consequent decline. As shown at the beginning of this paper, this shift and growth rate stagnation are totally attributable to the economic dynamics...

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