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Commission’s (2005a) model. Fiscal pressure sensitivity analysis investigates: increases in the labour force participation rate … reducing fiscal pressure but enhance a PAYGP. Participation policies to increase the LFPR and the retirement age are very … pressure. A suitable policy mix to meet the fiscal pressure includes participation policies to increase the LFPR and a PAYGP …
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In presence of inequality a status driven utility function reconciles the conflict between income based and nutrition … based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in the …
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recent Vietnam Household and Living Standard Surveys, the paper estimates the effect of remittances on per capita income, per … capita expenditure, work efforts, poverty and inequality. The estimates suggest that a rise in international remittances in … Vietnam increases household income and expenditure. Yet, the study also finds evidence that international remittances may …
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of poverty. This study examines the pathways by the Dokur villagers of Andhra Pradesh in India to survive and improve …, occupational structure, household income, food intake and nutrition, children’s education, and improvement in living standard are … also examined. The per capita income of households has increased rapidly in the recent years. However, income inequality …
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The study presented here reviews activities of NGOs in Sudan. That was a disputable issue that resulted in a mass expulsion of many in 2009. However¸ there were precedents of such expulsions in previous and following years. The paper discusses humanitarian work in Sudan, positive and negative...
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The demographic database of Istat (www.istat.it)is explored and the main facts are extracted and described, both at the aggregate national level as well as at the regional one. This paper is completely self-standing but, at the same time, poses the basis for a more general analysis that will be...
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The paper proposes a method to speed up the transition toward the notional contributions pension system in Italy. It seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes percentages for abating the old retributive pensions...
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Purpose – The objective of this paper is to understand better the determinants of child labour and schooling in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses data from a survey based in rural Bangladesh and considers the children aged 5-17 years living in rural households in...
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Reports and a theoretical view of the works of Jeffrey Sachs and Amartya Sen, about poverty and its eradication. …
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foreign asset income to achieve growth and what this means in a global context. …
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