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Inequality Comparisons in a Multi-Period Framework: The Role of Alternative Welfare Metrics [PDF]
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 ...
Elin Halvorsen +2 more
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Global Gender Inequality in Industry: A Systematic Review with Neutrosophic Analysis [PDF]
Neutrosophic Sets and SystemsThis study examines gender inequalities in the worldwide sector via a systematic review employing a neutrosophic approach, focusing on income discrepancies, workplace harassment, preventative strategies, professional hurdles, and leadership ...
Jimmy Hurtado Paspuel +3 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2019 A fundamental societal concern in energy system transitions is the distribution of benefits and costs across populations. A recent transition, the US shale gas boom, has dramatically altered the domestic energy outlook and global markets; however, the ...
Erin N Mayfield +4 more
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Concepts of Reliability Theory and Their Relationship with the Economic Inequality indicators
پژوهشهای ریاضی, 2020 Introduction One of the intersecting aspects of the reliability theory and economics is investigating non-negative data generally skewed (lifetimes and income), extrapolation of a suitable model for the data and finding their characteristics ...
Zahra Behdani +2 more
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A Symmetric Information-Theoretic Index For The Measurement of Inequality [PDF]
The application of information theory to the measurement of income inequality has yielded an impressive array of measurement techniques known as Generalized Entropy (GE) measures.
Nicholas Rohde
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Globalization and Health, 2020 Unfair differences in healthcare access, utilisation, quality or health outcomes exist between and within countries around the world. Improving health equity is a stated objective for many governments and international organizations.
James Love-Koh +5 more
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Axiomatic Foundations for Metrics of Distributive Justice Shown by the Example of Needs-Based Justice [PDF]
, 2017 Distributive justice deals with allocations of goods and bads within a group. Different principles and results of distributions are seen as possible ideals. Often those normative approaches are solely framed verbally, which complicates the application to
Bauer, Alexander Max
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Carbon pricing drives critical transition to green growth
Nature CommunicationsCarbon pricing is a crucial tool in the efforts to address and mitigate climate change. In 2014, only 12% of carbon emissions fell under carbon pricing at USD7 per tonne; now, about 23% of greenhouse gas emissions are priced at USD32 per tonne.
Isaak Mengesha, Debraj Roy
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Burden of urogenital congenital anomalies: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundUrogenital congenital anomalies (UCAs) are among the most common organ system abnormalities in the neonate. This study employs Global Burden of Disease, Injury, and Risk Factor Study 2021 (GBD 2021) to systematically quantify the global ...
Yiwei Yue +5 more
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Defining and Measuring The Creation of Quality Jobs [PDF]
, 2016 Our research is intended to support our peers in the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) industry who, through their financing, have served low-income and other disadvantaged communities for two decades.
Daniel Brett, Tom Woelfel
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