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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Age-specific Income Inequality and Life Expectancy: New Evidence [PDF]
Objectives -- The study has two primary goals. First, to test the hypothesis that higher levels of income inequality are related to lower levels of population health with updated data from around year 2000.
Steven G. Prus, Robert L. Brown
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
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Does income inequality really influence individual mortality? [PDF]
There is still much uncertainty about the impact of income inequality on health and mortality. Some studies have supported the original hypothesis about adverse effects, while others have shown no effects.
Øystein Kravdal
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens +6 more
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Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2011 The relationship between health and income has caught increasing attention in welfare economics and policy discussions. Many researches conducted in developed countries regarding income, income inequality and health relations have especially focused on ...
Asuman ÇUKUR, Selahattin BEKMEZ
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Does Clientelism Affect Income Inequality? Evidence from Panel Data
, 2018 This paper studies the determinants of income inequality in a panel of countries to provide empirical evidence to the relationship between income inequality and clientelism.
Rana, Ebney Ayaj, Kamal, Mustafa
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The Impact of Microfinance on Poverty and Income Inequality
, 2023 It is generally accepted in the academic literature that economic growth, global free trade and the development of financial services are the main factors that affect poverty and income inequality in emerging market nations.
Lee, Kevin +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
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