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The Geography of Gender Inequality. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Reducing gender inequality is a major policy concern worldwide, and one of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, our understanding of the magnitude and spatial distribution of gender inequality results either from limited-scale case studies or from
Brendan Fisher, Robin Naidoo
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HRB Open Research, 2021 Background: Income inequality is an important indicator of socioeconomic position which is a determinant of social, psychological, and physical health outcomes from childhood to adulthood.
David O Driscoll +3 more
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A New Goodness of Fit Measure Based on Income Inequality Curves
Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 2022 This paper uses inequality-measurement techniques to assess goodness of fit in income distribution models. It exposes the shortcomings of the use of conventional goodness of fit criteria in face of the big income data and proposes a new set of metrics ...
S. Mirzaei, Payam Noor
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How do mean division shares affect growth and development [PDF]
Panoeconomicus, 2017 The Gini coefficient is widely used in academia to discuss how income inequality affects development and growth. However, different Lorenz curves may provide different development and growth outcomes while still leading to the same Gini coefficient. This
Shao Liang Frank
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ESG metrics and social equity: Investigating commensurability
Frontiers in Sustainability, 2022 During the past two decades, the world has seen exponential growth in the number of companies reporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, and various ESG metrics have been proposed and are now in use. ESG metrics play a crucial role as an
Alexander R. Keeley +8 more
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Multidimensional economic complexity and inclusive green growth
Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 To achieve inclusive green growth, countries need to consider a multiplicity of economic, social, and environmental factors. These are often captured by metrics of economic complexity derived from the geography of trade, thus missing key information on ...
Viktor Stojkoski +2 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives Reducing inequalities in health and financial risk are key goals on the path toward universal health coverage, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries.
Lelisa Fekadu Assebe, Ole Norheim
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Inequality Comparisons in a Multi-Period Framework: The Role of Alternative Welfare Metrics [PDF]
, 2011 This paper considers the use of alternative welfare metrics in evaluations of income inequality in a multi-period context. Using Norwegian longitudinal income data, it is found, as in many studies, that inequality is lower when each individual’s annual ...
Creedy, John +2 more
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International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020 Background: To determine socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics among Peruvian adults as well as differences according to sex.
Akram Hernández-Vásquez +4 more
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Well-Being, Inequality and Time: The Time-Slice Problem and its Policy Implications [PDF]
, 2007 Should equality be viewed from a lifetime or sublifetime perspective? In measuring the inequality of income, for example, should we measure the inequality of lifetime income or of annual income? In characterizing a tax as progressive or regressive,
Adler, Matthew D.
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