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Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth? [PDF]

We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is ...
John Giles, Loren Brandt, Dwayne Benjamin   +2 more
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
wiley   +1 more source

Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source

DEMOCRACY, IDEOLOGY AND INCOME INEQUALITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS [PDF]

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality, empirical literature has failed to uncover any such robust relationship.
Mark Gradstein, Branko Milanovic, Yvonne Ying   +2 more
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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

WHAT DOES GREATER ECONOMIC INTEGRATION MEAN FOR INTERREGIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY? AN ANALYSIS OF OECD COUNTRIES AND REGIONS [PDF]

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of interregional income disparities among 304 regions from 27 OECD countries between 1995 and 2005.
Florence BOUVET
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Counterfactual analysis: Comparing voucher systems with taxes, subsidies, and public spending to reduce income inequality [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

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Background This study examines how voucher systems compare to traditional redistributive policies—such as progressive taxation, subsidies, and public spending—in reducing income inequality. Methods We apply a counterfactual analysis approach, using panel
William Alejandro Pacheco-Jaramillo, Peter Malliaros   +1 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian Model Averaging in Consumer Demand Systems with Inequality Constraints. [PDF]

Share equations for the translog and almost ideal demand systems are estimated using Markov Chain Monte Carlo. A common prior on the elasticities and budget shares evaluated at average prices and income is used for both models.
Chua, C.L., Griffiths, W.E., O'Donnell, C.J.   +2 more
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