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A postcode lottery in education? Explaining regional inequality in multilevel systems
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 263-284, May 2025.Abstract Inequality is a challenge for societies around the globe. In addition to its socio‐economic and political dimensions, inequality also has a territorial dimension. Focusing on educational inequality across regions, this article explores factors that shape regional differences in student enrolment and educational attainment in 14 OECD countries.
Johanna Schnabel
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Role of low‐impact‐factor journals in conservation implementation
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2025.Abstract Academic review, promotion, and tenure processes place a premium on frequent publication in high‐impact factor (IF) journals. However, conservation often relies on species‐specific information that is unlikely to have the broad appeal needed for high‐IF journals.
Jonathan J. Choi +8 more
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REGIONAL INEQUALITY AND GROWTH: THE ROLE OF INTERREGIONAL TRADE IN THE BRAZILIAN ECONOMY
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2015 Este artigo analisa o comércio por vias internas na Economia Brasileira, estimando o seu papel em termos da eficiência, desigualdade regional, além de considerações sobre o crescimento regional.
Aline Souza Magalhães +2 more
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Productive Structure and Income Distribution: the Brazilian Case. [PDF]
This study deals with the impacts of structural changes on income distribution in Brazil in the period 1992-2002. A Pure Leontief Model and a Leontief-Miazawa Model were utilized to portray the structure of the economy in both years, and to perform ...
Carlos Roberto Azzoni +3 more
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Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2025.Abstract Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster funeral assistance is available to cover funeral expenses for the relatives of disaster victims in the United States. However, funds are dependent on death certificate proof of a disaster‐related cause of death. Previous research has shown that the medicolegal death investigation (MDI) system
Danielle Zaychik
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Oculum Ensaios, 2012 A temática do presente artigo situa-se no campo das desigualdades socioespaciais, que objetivou muitas pesquisas na área do planejamento urbano e regional no passado recente e continua tendo importância crucial. Utilizando recursos de georreferenciamento,
Manoel Lemes da Silva Neto +1 more
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Poverty, Inequality and Social Policies in Brazil, 1995-2009 [PDF]
Since the mid-1990s, Brazil has undergone extensive reforms that have finally reversed the dismaying economic performance of the 1980s. In particular, poverty and inequality indicators have improved dramatically, especially since the late-2000s.
Pedro H. G. Ferreira de Souza
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Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2015 Tendo em vista a importância das disparidades regionais de níveis de escolaridade para o entendimento das desigualdades regionais de renda no Brasil, o trabalho utiliza dados da Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar (POF) dos anos de 1995/96 e 2002/03 para as ...
Tatiane Almeida de Menezes +1 more
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Fluctuations and persistence in poverty: a transient-chronic decomposition model for pseudo-panel data [PDF]
Although many studies addressed poverty issues, very few of then did analyze the transient or persistent nature of this phenomenon. Encouraged by this lack of dynamic poverty analyses, the objective of this paper is to evaluate which features determine ...
Ana Flávia Machado +2 more
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THE ROLE OF NON-MOVING FACTORS OF PRODUCTION IN BRAZILIAN REGIONAL DISPARITIES
Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos, 2015 É comum pensar que qualquer tipo de desigualdade regional implica em ineficiências regionais. No entanto, é possível que essas desigualdades ocorram mesmo em condições de alocação eficiente de recursos.
Alexandre Rands Barros
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