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A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development

Ghatak, Maitreesh; Jiang, Neville Nien-Huei - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

We analyze a simple and tractable model of occupational choice in the presence of credit marketimperfections. We examine the effect of parameters governing technology and transaction costs, andhistory, in terms of the initial wealth distribution, in determining the long-term wealth...

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Poverty and Inequality and Social Policy in China

Li, Bingqin; Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is …Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable andnoted feature of Chinese society. The paper … approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty andinequality are considered.[...] …

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Knowledge-Based Economic Development: Mass Media and the Weightless Economy

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

negative association with inequality and poverty. ICTs andtelephony infrastructures.association with corruption, inequality and … associated with three development outcomes: corruption, inequalityand poverty. Of the media variables, newspapers are observed to … have a robustnegative association with both corruption and inequality. Radios and TVs are alsoobserved to have a robust …

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Capital and the Determinants of Poverty and SocialExclusion

Piachaud, David - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

Types of capital which determine the ability of individuals, ofcommunities and of nations to avoid poverty and social …

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Nutrition and Economic Destitution in Northern Ghana, 1930-1957. A Historical Perspective on Nutritional Economics

Destombes, Jerôme - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

explore a plausible route of causationbetween nutrition and poverty, the most urgent task is to disregard the …

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Mapping Poverty in Agar Town: Economic Conditions Prior to the Development of St. Pancras Station In 1866

Swensen, Steven P. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

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Modelling Vulnerability in the UK

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Cowell, Frank A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

revealspecific quantiles, particularly those around the poverty line which are mostsusceptible to be vulnerable to shocks to the …

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Social Exclusion and Children:A European view for a US debate

Micklewright, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

to children in theUS, I discuss various features of US society and institutions includingthe measurement of poverty …

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Growing up: School, family and area influences onadolescents’ later life chances

Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

local area when growingup, on earnings capacity and poverty risk once they reach adulthood.[...] …

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