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Do Poverty and Economic Growth Matter for Income Inequality Reduction in Yogyakarta Province?

Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan, 2023
It has been observed that income inequality is an economic element that may impede a nation's economic development. In general, Indonesia's Gini ratio has remained low for nearly a decade, although one region, Yogyakarta Province, unexpectedly exceeds ...
Athari Maurilla, Suriani Suriani, Muhammad Nasir   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Education, Growth, and Income Inequality [PDF]

Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002
When types of workers are imperfect substitutes, the Mincerian rate of return to human capital is negatively related to the supply of human capital. We work out a simple model for the joint evolution of output and wage dispersion. We estimate this model using cross-country panel data on GDP and Gini coefficients. The results are broadly consistent with
Coen N. Teulings, Thijs van Rens
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Global Burden and Temporal Trends of Early‐Onset Tracheal, Bronchial, and Lung Cancer: An Analysis of GLOBOCAN 2022 and GBD 2023 Data

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study systematically assessed the global burden and temporal trends of EOTBL cancer in individuals aged 15–49 years. Smoking, ambient particulate matter pollution, and secondhand smoke remain dominant risk factors. Countries within the same Human Development Index (HDI) category exhibit distinct epidemiological trajectories, underscoring the need ...
Ye Tian, Weihao Zhang, Yao Lu, Bruce F. O'Hara, Jingjing Hu, Hanqi Feng, Jing Di, Lei Zhang, Xueying Yang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Overall Financial Development, Access and Depth on Income Inequality

Economies, 2022
There is dense literature on the relationship between financial sector development (FSD) and income inequality. However, most of these studies employ a depth measure of FSD. This study argues that different components of FSD have a heterogenous impact on
Nokulunga Mbona
doaj   +1 more source

The paradox of inequality: income inequality and belief in meritocracy go hand in hand

Socio-Economic Review, 2019
Inequality is on the rise: gains have been concentrated with a small elite, while most have seen their fortunes stagnate or fall. Despite what scholars and journalists consider a worrying trend, there is no evidence of growing popular concern about ...
J. Mijs
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neighborhood Income Inequality [PDF]

, 2006
This paper offers a descriptive empirical analysis of the geographic pattern of income inequality within a sample of 359 US metropolitan areas between 1980 and 2000. Specifically, we decompose the variance of metropolitan area-level household income into two parts: one associated with the degree of variation among household incomes within neighborhoods
Christopher H. Wheeler, Elizabeth A. La Jeunesse   +1 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can making electricity accessible for all improve income inequality situations? Panel data evidence from South Asian countries

Sustainable Futures
Since high income inequality hinders scope for establishing sustainable futures, this study aims to evaluate how enhancing electricity accessibility may help South Asian countries to reduce their income inequality levels.
Samiha Khan, Muntasir Murshed, A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman   +2 more
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Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source