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Corruption, Income Inequality, and Poverty in the United States
Dincer, Oguzhan C.; Gunalp, Burak - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing …, we use all commonly used inequality and poverty measures including various Atkinson indexes, Gini index, standard … deviation of the logarithms, relative mean deviation, coefficient of variation, and the poverty rate defined by the U.S. Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004965191
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Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped?.
Jha, R. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
This study examines the empirical relationship among inequality, poverty and economic growth in India. Using data on …, the Gini coefficient and three popular measures of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005474999
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Inequality and Transformation of Social Structures in Transitional Economies.
Mikhalev, V. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
The transition to a market economy in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union has been associated with greater inequality and social stratification. This paper prepared within the UNU/WIDER project on "Income Distribution and Social Structure during the Transition' analyses trends in social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661044
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Economic Shocks, Impoverishment and Poverty-Related Mortality during the Eastern European Transition.
Paniccia, R - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997
This paper aims to assess the impact that the impoverishment process has had on IPD health dynamics and micronutrient-related morbidity via the changes which have occurred in food consumption in terms of average intake, its ditribution and the quality of diets.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625501
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Towards the Green Environment.Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Urban Public Transport and Automobiles
Gommers, Michael - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
This study compares the environmental impacts of urban public transport and automobiles (energy use, emissions, noise nuisance, waste materials and use of space). For this purpose two models have been developed FACTS-Urban (Forecasting air pollution by car traffic simulation) and MILOV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230820
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Decentralization and the Provision and Financing of Social Services : Concepts and Issues.
Ugaz, C - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997
This paper is the fruit of an attempt to distinguish the elements, present in a fiscal decentralization process, that are likely to contribute to efficiency enhancement in the provision of social services in developing countries. From the methodological point of view, the paper makes an effort,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661056
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Effective Environmental Protection in the Context of Government Decentralization
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
China has shifted control over resources and decision making to local governments and enterprises as the result of the economic reforms over the past three decades. This devolution of decision-making to local levels and enterprises has placed environmental stewardship in the hands of local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002683
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A Comparison Between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks
Farah, Paolo D.; Tremolada, Riccardo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and produce commercial shale gas will have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732280
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Spatial Policies and Land Use Patterns: Optimal and Market Allocations
Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy, production externalities, and commuting costs, determines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747049
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China’s efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813782