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Distributional effects of direct payments in Switzerland [PDF]

The switch from market-support to direct payments in Switzerland had impacts on the income distribution among farmers. In this paper, the distributional effect of the switch as a whole and of the different kinds of direct payments are elaborated through ...
Lehmann, Bernard, El Benni, Nadja, Mann, Stefan   +2 more
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Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
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Measuring the Socio-Economic Bipolarization Phenomenon [PDF]

The present paper emphasizes the differences between the Gini concentration coefficient [13] and a new bipolarization index proposed by [20], [21]. In practice, the Gini index is applied frequently to determine the poverty degree of the persons of a ...
Stefananescu, Stefan
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Competition Policy and Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1 (No Poverty): The Role of Mergers and Acquisitions Adjudications in South Africa

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ABSTRACT South Africa faces persistently high poverty and inequality alongside a highly concentrated economic structure, raising questions about whether merger control, especially public‐interest provisions, can contribute to poverty reduction. However, empirical evidence directly linking merger adjudication outcomes to poverty remains limited.
Nicholas Ngepah, Charles Shaaba Saba, Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica   +2 more
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Sources of Income Inequality in Ireland [PDF]

This paper analyses inequality in Ireland via a decomposition of the Gini coefficient by source of income. Using data from the Irish Household Budget Survey of 1987, seventeen components of disposable income are identified and their contribution to ...
David Madden
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Regional Sustainability Assessment Under Risk and Uncertainty: A Water–Energy–Food Based Framework

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ABSTRACT Regional sustainability assessment requires integrated structures that can examine the interactions between Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems, socio‐economic risk conditions, and performance outcomes under uncertainty. This study proposes a multidimensional framework that combines a suitability index, composite sustainability indicators ...
Murat Oturakci
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The Conditional Effect of Income Inequality on Obesity: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Research on income inequality and obesity shows inconsistent results. This study tests if this relationship depends on a country’s existing inequality level.
Qian Hu PhD, Wei Zhong MA, Rong Hu PhD
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A Generalised Social Welfare Function and its Disaggregation by Components of Income: The Method and Application [PDF]

The Social Welfare Function (SWF) is a decision rule to rank alternative social states in a complete fashion in terms of social welfare. This paper questions the philosophy of Paretian Principle as a desirable property of the SWF.
Pundarik Mukhopadhaya
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Contrasting the Influence of Cultural Dimensions on the Progress of Sustainable Development Goals in France and South Korea

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ABSTRACT This study examines how Hofstede's cultural dimensions shape national progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing on Individualism (IDV) and Long‐Term Orientation (LTO), it compares France and South Korea, which differ substantially in their cultural profiles.
Jung Kee Hong
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Advancing SDG8, SDG10, and SDG16: The Roles of Tax Burden, Income Inequality, and Human Rights in Driving Sustainable Development in the United States

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ABSTRACT Sustainable development depends on economic, social, and environmental aspects, all of which play a key role in long‐term societal well‐being. While much of the existing literature emphasizes environmental aspects, the economic and social components, crucial for achieving SDG8, SDG10, and SDG16, are often overlooked in sustainable development ...
Tunahan Degirmenci
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