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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695289
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The Geographic Determinants of Poverty in Albania
Makdissi, Paul; Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Audet, Mathieu - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2006
To better understand the geographic determinants of poverty in Albania, this article proposes a methodology similar to … poverty levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609445
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Poverty-Reducing and Welfare-Improving Marginal Public Price and Price Cap Reforms
Makdissi, Paul; Wodon, Quentin - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2001
stochastic dominance framework. The key advantage is that the assessment as to whether pricing or price cap reforms are poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005467349
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Measuring Well-Being and Exclusion in Europe’sRegions
Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
The Lisbon summit of the European Council in March 2000 declared the number ofpeople living in poverty and social … was a commitment to the collection ofbetter data on poverty and social exclusion in the EU.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695285
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Developing a capability list: Final Recommendationsof the Equalities Review Steering Group onMeasurement
Vizard, Polly; Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
[...]This paper, and its companion, Definition of equality and framework formeasurement: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review SteeringGroup on Measurement (CASEpaper 120) were prepared as backgroundpapers to assist in the development of the measurement framework for theEqualities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354001
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Definition of equality and framework formeasurement: Final Recommendations of theEqualities Review Steering Group on Measurement
Burchardt, Tania; Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
[...]This paper, and its companion, Developing a Capability List: FinalRecommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement(CASEpaper 121), were prepared as background papers to assist in thedevelopment of the measurement framework for the Equalities Review. Itdiscusses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354004
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Foundations for measuring equality: A discussion paperfor the Equalities Review
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
The Equalities Review is an independent panel set up by the UK government in2005 to investigate the persistence of social inequalities and to makerecommendations for the development of a unified Commission for Equalityand Human Rights. This paper was originally written for the Review....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354018
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871008
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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.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695292
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Why rising tides don’t lift all boats: An explanation ofthe relationship between poverty and unemploymentin Britain
Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001
This paper is motivated by the lack of any obvious relationship betweenaggregate poverty and unemployment in Great … Britain. We derive aframework based on individuals’ risks of unemployment and poverty,and how these vary over the economic … matters for poverty – with the macropicture — that there’s no strong link. We then go on to identify whichhousehold and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695295