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Housing as asset and payment: Construction, speculation, and financialization at the European periphery

American Anthropologist, Volume 125, Issue 4, Page 865-879, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Construction booms have dominated Albania's economy and politics since the late 1990s. These booms continued even during times of illiquidity. One of the sources of financing construction in Albania is the practice of klering (in‐kind payments).
Smoki Musaraj
wiley   +1 more source

Uneven development, competitiveness and behavioural economic geography: Addressing ‘levelling up’ policies from a human perspective

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 2274-2294, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper draws on behavioural economic geography to identify the factors affecting uneven development. It uses the lens of economic competitiveness and addresses the association between differences in human behavioural traits and competitiveness in the context of localities across the United Kingdom. It focusses on the policy requirement for
Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

Remotely too equal: Popular DMSP night‐time lights data understate spatial inequality

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 2106-2125, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Regional science and economics studies increasingly use the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) night‐time lights data to measure spatial inequality. These DMSP data are a poor proxy in this context because of their spatially mean‐reverting errors, which yield significantly lower inequality estimates than what subnational GDP data ...
Xiaoxuan Zhang, John Gibson, Xiangzheng Deng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating global interest in biodiversity and conservation

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 5, October 2023., 2023
Abstract The first target of the Convention for Biological Diversity (Aichi target 1) was to increase public awareness of the values of biodiversity and actions needed to conserve it—a key prerequisite for other conservation targets. Monitoring success in achieving this target at a global scale has been difficult; however, increased digitization of ...
Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano, Reut Vardi, Ivan Jarić, Ricardo A. Correia, Uri Roll, Diogo Veríssimo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A partial least squares analysis of gender inequality, occupational segregation, and economic growth: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 6, Page 1299-1316, August 2023., 2023
Abstract The biggest barrier to an egalitarian Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) appears to be deeply ingrained structural obstacles and gender imbalances. The significant prevalence of gender inequities, which have both structural and economic ramifications, must be addressed if SSA is committed to achieving the Africa 2063 Agenda (the Africa we want) and ...
Wycliffe Obwori Alwago
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Cultural capital, economic capital, and participation in early childhood education: A place‐based approach

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 387-402, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Early childhood educational development (ECED) is increasingly recognized as a crucial period for human development. We studied the relation of cultural capital, economic capital, and participation in center‐based ECED at a local level. We used a high‐quality national database, collecting data from 103 Italian provinces.
Enrico Ripamonti
wiley   +1 more source

La desigualdad del ingreso en México. Una aproximación desde las teorías del desarrollo

Interconectando Saberes, 2020
En el presente trabajo se pretende explorar las diferentes posturas teóricas respecto a la desigualdad del ingreso en los últimos 80 años, a fin de identificar las posturas desde las cuales abordamos el problema, así como sus determinantes y ...
José Alejandro Pérez-Nájera
doaj   +1 more source

Desigualdad, economía e historia. Comentarios a José Miguel Martínez Carrión

Boletín de Historia Argentina y Americana Dr. Emilio Ravignani, 2022
El texto reflexiona sobre las formas de realizar estudios históricos sobre desigualdad económica, a partir del trabajo de José Miguel Martínez Carrión en este mismo volumen.
Julio Djenderedjian
doaj   +1 more source

Análisis económico y jurídico de la desigualdad como base para su erradicación con enfoque de derechos humanos

Iustitia
El presente artículo pretende establecer semejanzas, diferencias y puntos de convergencia entre las principales posturas teóricas acerca de la desigualdad que se han generado desde la ciencia económica y la ciencia jurídica, reparando especialmente en ...
Sonia Aidée Fuentes Burgos, Alicia Puyana Mutis   +1 more
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Queremos trabajar: predictores psicosociales de la evaluación de la desigualdad en Centroamérica

Convergencia
La desigualdad económica es una de las mayores deudas de Centroamérica. En este artículo describimos la evaluación de una de las más preocupantes expresiones de la desigualdad en la región, así como las variables psicosociales asociadas.
Juan Diego García-Castro, Francisco Robles-Rivera   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source