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On the psychology of poverty [PDF]
Science, 2014 Poverty remains one of the most pressing problems facing the world; the mechanisms through which poverty arises and perpetuates itself, however, are not well understood. Here, we examine the evidence for the hypothesis that poverty may have particular psychological consequences that can lead to economic behaviors that make it difficult to escape ...
Haushofer, Johannes, Fehr, Ernst
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Journal of Development Studies, 2010 A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2001 Abstract This chapter examines two concepts on poverty: poverty as desperation and poverty as vulnerability. It identifies a close connection between desperation and vulnerability because both are related to the variable V, which is the minimum socially accepted welfare level.
Banerjee, Abhijit V. +2 more
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Social Indicators Research, 2013 The measurement of poverty as ‘consistent’ poverty offers a solution to one of the primary problems of poverty measurement within Social Policy of the last three decades. Often treated as if they were synonymous, ‘indirect’ measures of poverty, such as low income measures, and ‘direct’ measures, such as indices of material deprivation, identify ...
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The World Bank Economic Review, 1991
AbstractThis chapter studies poverty in Palanpur. The meaning of poverty based on a notion of low annual income is contrasted with that based on a notion of lifestyle and readily observed means. A profile of the poor is developed. The evolution of poverty levels and the profile of poverty over time is documented.
Nicholas Stern, Peter Lanjouw
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AbstractThis chapter studies poverty in Palanpur. The meaning of poverty based on a notion of low annual income is contrasted with that based on a notion of lifestyle and readily observed means. A profile of the poor is developed. The evolution of poverty levels and the profile of poverty over time is documented.
Nicholas Stern, Peter Lanjouw
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Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures
2013Counting or measuring poverty is frequently meant to explain how poverty counts — how it affects people’s lives and the conditions in which they live. Anthropologists have contributed to the study of poverty, although often as a corollary rather than as a central objective of ethnographic research.
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Poverty Lines and Their Role in Reducing Poverty
2020A full-length article which reviews the history of poverty lines and reviews their role in tackling poverty.
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On poverty and the persistence of poverty in Benin
Journal of Economic Studies, 2016Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of poverty and the persistence of poverty in Benin using a longitudinal data for the years 2006-2011. The paper also seeks to understand the dynamic of poverty and what factors explain households’ mobility across poverty status over time.
Edwige Rose Fiamohe +2 more
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Poverty Spending and the Poverty Gap
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987This paper examines two questions basic to welfare policy: (1) whether the amount of poverty-related transfers is sufficient to fill the poverty gap, and (2) which families actually get benefits and how much of their income deficit is filled by those benefits.
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2011
The opening chapter in the section on 'The Nature of Poverty' in Poverty in Scotland 2021, the latest in a series providing an essential resource for politicians, policy makers, teachers, community activists, service providers, academics, students and all those working to end poverty. This chapter introduces the concept of poverty.
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The opening chapter in the section on 'The Nature of Poverty' in Poverty in Scotland 2021, the latest in a series providing an essential resource for politicians, policy makers, teachers, community activists, service providers, academics, students and all those working to end poverty. This chapter introduces the concept of poverty.
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