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The Impact of Urban-Rural Income Inequality on Environmental Quality in China
Complexity, 2022 As the per capita income level increases, both environmental quality and income inequality will change significantly, which arouses people’s attention on the relationship between income inequality and environmental quality.
De Xiao, Fan Yu, Hong Yang
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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
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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The relative income hypothesis: does it exist over time? Evidence from the BHPS [PDF]
, 2005 The relative income hypothesis suggests that income inequality has a detrimental affect on people´s health. This previously well accepted relationship has recently come under scrutiny.
Lindley, J., Lorgelly, P.
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Mainstream Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Contemporary Ophthalmology
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This review explores the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in ophthalmology, focusing on four key data types: medical imaging, electronic health records, robotic‐assisted surgery, and genomics. It examines the structural features, use cases, clinical goals, and evaluation metrics of various AI algorithms, while also introducing emerging ...
Shiqi Yin +9 more
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Changes in the distribution of pre-government and post-government income in Germany 1973 - 1993 : paper presented at the Conference on the Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst [PDF]
, 2011 To sum up our findings we come to the following statements. - During the period from 1973 to 1993 inequality of the personal distribution of equivalent pre-government income increased to some extent, as was to be expected given the enormous rise in ...
Becker, Irene, Hauser, Richard
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Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility
Social Science Research Network, 2013 Families, labor markets, and public policies all structure a child’s opportunities and determine the extent to which adult earnings are related to family background. Cross-country comparisons and the underlying trends suggest that these drivers will most
Miles Corak
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked with various contemporary community‐level disparities.
Samuel J. West +5 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz +2 more
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