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Inclusive Growth; Measurement and Determinants
Anand, Rahul; Mishra, Saurabh; Peiris, Shanaka J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We estimate a unified measure of inclusive growth for emerging markets by integrating their economic growth performance and income distribution outcomes, using data over three decades. Country distributions are calibrated by combining PPP GDP per capita and income distribution from survey data....
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Desigualdad, movilidad, pobreza: necesidad de una política diferente
Claudio, Sapelli - In: Estudios Públicos (2014) 134, pp. 59-84
generations. There is a greater social mobility and less poverty in the younger generations. The overall trends "are going well … be changed in order to take into account these findings. The author believes that social policy must focus on poverty and … lives (during an episode of poverty) and not forever (because these people are not intrinsically poor). Consequently, the …
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Ecuador's development profile and basic needs performance.
L, Barreiros - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper on poverty in terms of basic needs and standard of living in Ecuador …
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Operationalizing concepts and measurement of poverty and basic needs.
L, Barreiros - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper, econometric model for the measurement of poverty and basic needs, partic. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967065
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Education is good for the poor: a note on Dollar and Kraay.
Gundlach, Erich; Navarro de Pablo, José; Weisert, Natascha - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2004
income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy. …
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Education as a Start in Life: Life Plans of Rural High School Students in Russia
Abankina, Tatyana; Krasilova, Anna; Yastrebov, Gordey - In: Educational Studies (2012) 2, pp. 87-120
Tatyana Abankina, Ph.D. in Economics, Director of the Center for Applied Economic Research, National Research University -Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation. Email: abankinat@hse.ru Anna Krasilova, Ph.D. in Economics, senior researcher at the Laboratory for Comparative...
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A new methodological approach for studying intergenerational mobility with an application to Swiss data
Jann, Ben; Seiler, Simon - University of Bern, Department of Social Sciences - 2014
Despite the widespread interest in the topic and a vast international literature, very little is known about the development of intergenerational mobility in Switzerland. Based on a new harmonized database for Switzerland (comprising various surveys such as different waves of the ISSP, EVS, and...
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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237
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Who gets the Top Jobs? The role of family background and networks in recent graduates' access to high status professions
Macmillan, Lindsey; Tyler, Claire; Vignoles, Anna - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2013
There is currently a debate in policy circles about access to "the upper echelons of power" (Sir John Major, ex Prime Minister, 2013). This research seeks to understand the relationship between family background and early access to top occupations. We find that privately educated graduates are a...
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The transmission of longevity across generations: The case of the settler Cape Colony
Piraino, Patrizio; Muller, Sean; Cilliers, Jeanne; … - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2013
The literature on parent-child correlations in socioeconomic status provides little evidence on long-term multigenerational dynamics. This is because most studies of intergenerational status persistence are based on two (at most three) successive generations. Our analysis adds to the...
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