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environment and the impact of time. We choose a qualitative approach over two cycles of action research. Cycle one, performed via …
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choice to respondents between two scenarios : one in which they would contribute their time and another in which they would … contribute their money. Results show that people prefer to contribute in time rather than in money. A great majority of people …
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This paper aims at reexamining the construction of indicators of standards of living, by focussing on the challenges raised by the subjectivity and the multidimensionality of living conditions. For that purpose, we propose to apply Choquet integral-based multiattribute value theory to the...
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, circular and retroactive relationships with globalization, growth and poverty. The objective of this paper is to establish a … poverty. In this aim, the first section of paper presents critical evaluation of equity vs. equality debate, specifically …
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reform on poverty and inequality is significant and diverse from one country to the other. …
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We analyse the influence of the recent wave of migration on the incidence of poverty among stayers in Ecuador. We draw … of migration on poverty among migrant households. This effect is substantially smaller than the one that we find focusing … empirical evidence on the relationship between remittances and poverty needs not to be informative about the size of the direct …
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This paper questions the Lewis Path perspective of a "world without agriculture" which underpins the "structural transformation" paradigm of "modern growth." It shows that the Lewis Path is only one of four potential structural paths, and that half of the world's population is spiralling into a...
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. There is no evidence of adaptation within a … poverty spell: poverty starts bad and stays bad in terms of subjective well-being. Third, poverty scars: those who have been …
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …
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poverty and inequality in rural areas. While the poverty impacts of those programs are well documented in the literature less …
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