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Generalizing the S-Gini Family: Some Properties [PDF]

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In the literature there are a number of generalizations of the Gini coefficient which inherit most of its appealing properties. These families allow the incorporation of different value judgments and all of them are more sensitive to transfers among the ...
Ana Marta Urrutia Careaga   +2 more
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How Can Labour Tackle Poverty in London?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the challenges that London faces in garnering attention for its problems associated with inequality from the Labour government. A combination of a shortage of resources and the growing threat of Reform UK makes focusing specifically on tackling poverty in London a difficult political challenge for Labour. Initial attempts
Graeme Atherton
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating Income Inequality in China Using Grouped Data and the Generalized Beta Distribution [PDF]

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Gini coefficient, generalized beta distribution, urban and rural ...
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon   +2 more
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HOUSING QUESTION OLD AND NEW: Mapping Crowding, Tenure, Rents and Segregation in the Neighborhoods of Major European Cities around 1900 and Today

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In a context of unprecedented urbanization, nineteenth‐century European cities faced the ‘housing question’, i.e. precarious housing standards and affordability problems. While existing research has well described these historical housing problems in single‐city studies or in national urbanization histories, to our knowledge, there are hardly ...
Sebastian Kohl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age, SES, and Health: A Population Level Analysis of Health Inequalities over the Life Course [PDF]

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This paper tests two competing hypotheses on the relationship between age, SES, and health inequality at the cohort/population level. The accumulation hypothesis predicts that levels of SES- based health inequality and consequently overall health ...
Steven Prus
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Impacts of ICT diffusion, foreign direct investment, trade openness, and globalization on growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past three decades, there has been a significant increase in information and communication technology (ICT) investments around the world, resulting in a rise in the use of modern ICT packages. Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries, however, face different challenges.
Ijeoma Christina Onuogu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Analysis of Income Inequality in Agriculture [PDF]

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We investigate the spatial dimension of farm household income inequality as well as the importance of spatial considerations for its development over time using data for the period 1990-2009 on Swiss agriculture.
Nadja El Benni, Robert Finger
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Examining the influence of lifestyle variables on the accuracy of skeletal age estimation via the pubic symphysis

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated links between skeletal age estimation error and lifestyle variables to better elucidate sources of interpersonal variability in the rates of skeletal aging. Skeletal age for 180 individuals from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database was estimated by applying the Suchey–Brooks method and transition analysis to 3D models
Natalie Moss, Elizabeth Craig‐Atkins
wiley   +1 more source

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