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Triangulating horizontal inequality [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Peace Research, 2015
Does economic inequality cause civil war? Deviating from individualist measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient, recent studies have found a statistical link between group-level inequalities and conflict onset. Yet, this connection remains controversial, not least because of the difficulties associated with conceptualizing and measuring ...
Cederman, L-E, Weidmann, N, Bormann, NC
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The Evolution of Educational Expectations in Spain (2003-2018): An Analysis of Social Inequality Using PISA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
This paper examines the educational expectations of the Spanish student body at the end of compulsory education. Using the 2003 and 2018 waves of PISA, I report a remarkable increase in the educational ambition of the Spanish student body.
Manuel Tomás Valdés
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A Theoretical Review on the Horizontal Inequality Problem and Solution in the Local Government Economics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Finance, 2019
The study examines theoretically the horizontal inequality problem of and its solution and seeks a theoretical solution to this problem. The horizontal inequality problem is a very important problem for the local public goods producer units in local ...
Berkan Karagöz
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Horizontal inequality and data challenges [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Indicators Research, 2018
Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention. In the field of international development, inequality—both vertical (between individuals and households) and horizontal (between groups)—is a core concern in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Carla Canelas, Rachel M. Gisselquist
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Policies towards Horizontal Inequalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This book has argued that severe Horizontal Inequalities (HIs) predispose countries to violent conflict as well as reducing individuals’ well-being. Relevant HIs include socioeconomic, political and cultural status dimensions, and they are particularly damaging when they are consistent across dimensions.
Stewart, F, Brown, G, Langer, A
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Income redistribution through taxes and social benefits: The case of Slovenia and Croatia [PDF]

open access: yesPanoeconomicus, 2013
The article analyses the redistributive effect attained by personal income tax, social security contributions and social benefits in Slovenia and Croatia.
Čok Mitja   +2 more
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Social Mobility and Horizontal Inequality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Abstract Research on social mobility has paid considerable attention to links with inequality. The vast majority of this work, however, has focused on ‘vertical’ inequality between individuals or households, rather than ‘horizontal’ inequality between groups in society.
Patricia Funjika, Rachel M. Gisselquist
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Need and inequality in the use of health care services in a fragmented and decentralized health system: evidence for Argentina

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background The high fragmentation and decentralization in the provision of health care services that characterizes Argentina’s health system, as well as the economic and social inequalities, challenge the achievement of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Alfredo Palacios   +2 more
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Inequality, Social Protests and Civil War

open access: yesOASIS, 2017
The following article presents a series of hypotheses to analyze the possible transitions between protest and civil war and their relation to inequality.
Fabio Andrés Díaz
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PATTERNS OF THE MIGRATION DURING THE HYBRID WARFARE AND ITS CONFLICTOGENITY

open access: yesTorun International Studies, 2019
The population’s tendency to protest or to get involved into conflict can be used as the method of the hybrid warfare in the targeted country or region.
Piotr Pacek   +2 more
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