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The plausibility of cross-national comparisons of internet use types
Helsper, Ellen; Gerber, Monica M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
and measurement invariance to illustrate why these tests might be important in cross-national comparisons. It was found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126187
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Definition of equality and framework for measurement: final recommendations of the equalities review steering group on measurement
Burchardt, Tania; Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
approach as its measurement framework and recommended that all public bodies use the framework to “agree priorities, set …: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement (CASEpaper 121), were prepared as background … papers to assist in the development of the measurement framework for the Equalities Review. It discusses the challenges in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071284
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Sustainability and well-being indicators
Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of … (GS) have merely focused on the capacity to provide utility in the future, but have not included the measurement of … failed to account for sustainability in their measurement of current well-being. The paper then critically reviews the Index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745092
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Social Capital and Public Policy in Greece.
Paraskevopoulos, Christos J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Social capital has emerged as a key concept on the social sciences in general and political science/public policy in particular over the last two decades or so, because, by facilitating collective action among the actors, it leads to increased levels of performance in several public policy areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797588
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Left, right, left: income dynamics and the evolving political preferences of forward-looking Bayesian voters
Carter, Michael; Morrow, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
The political left turn in Latin America, which lagged its transition to liberalized market economies by a decade or more, challenges conventional economic explanations of voting behavior. While the implications of upward mobility for the political preferences of forward-looking voters have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126212
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Social policies and labor market outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of the existing evidence
Bosch, Mariano; Manacorda, Marco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean have become in the last decade or so a formidable laboratory for the design and implementation of innovative social policies. In the face of an unprecedented surge in the number of non-contributory social assistance benefit programs in the region, there is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126219
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Top income shares, business profits, and effective tax rates in contemporary Chile
Fairfield, Tasha; Jorratt, Michel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper contributes to the burgeoning research on inequality and top incomes around the globe by presenting the first available estimates of top income shares and effective income tax rates in contemporary Chile based on analysis of anonymous income tax return microdata. We pay special...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126320
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The Latin American efficiency gap
Caselli, Francesco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
The average Latin American country produces about 1 fifth of the output per worker of the US. What are the sources of these enormous income gaps? I report development-accounting results for Latin America. On average Latin America’s overall physical and human capital endowment relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126668
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The effects of decentralisation on public investment: evidence and four lessons from Bolivia and Colombia
Faguet, Jean-Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
and poverty-orientation. I first summarize economic data on the effects of decentralisation in each. In Bolivia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928596
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Fiscal policy instruments and the political economy of designing programs to reach the poorest
Ahmad, Ehtisham - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125913