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Regional Expansion Policy in the Northern Sumatra Province of Indonesia: Impact on Regional Inequality

open access: yesJournal of Business Management and Accounting, 2019
This study aims to examine the impact of regional expansion policy on regional development inequality in North Sumatra province, Indonesia. North Sumatra province is one of 34 Provinces in Indonesia.
Yola Anggia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Globalization and Regional Income Inequality--Evidence from within China [PDF]

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China¡¯s recent accession to the WTO is expected to accelerate its integration into the world economy, which aggravates concerns over the impact of globalization on the already rising inter-region income inequality in China. This paper discusses China¡¯s
Guanghua Wan, Ming Lu, Zhao Chen
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Understanding Inequality Within a Personalised System of Disability Support: Australian Children With Disabilities' Unmet Support Needs

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability support has shifted towards models of personalised care, which critics argue may contribute to increased inequalities. There is limited systematic evidence investigating inequalities in support among children with disabilities. To investigate inequalities in support, a survey of parents of children with disabilities aged 2–17 was ...
Martin O'Flaherty   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Heterogenity and Conditional Convergence [PDF]

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This paper stresses the importance of accounting for regional heterogenity in the dynamic analysis of regional economic disparities. Studies of regional growth invariably presume regions are homogenous in that their socio-demographic composition is ...
Daniel Felsenstein, Michael Beenstock
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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Inequality in China [PDF]

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China?s economic miracle over the past three decades has been featured with its open-door policy, especially the absorption of foreign capital. One downside effect of economic reform has been the ever rising interregional inequality.
Liu, Aying, Wei, Kailei, Yao, Shujie
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Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Income Inequality in the Post-War Japan [PDF]

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In his seminal work on national development and regional inequality, Williamson (1965) predicts that regional income inequality will pass through three distinct phases as a nation moves through the early development stages to maturity.
Mitsuhiko Kataoka, Takahiro Akita
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of Regional Inequality: the Case of Romania and Poland

open access: yesJournal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2020
There is a major interest from international and national bodies, but also from researchers for measuring inequality, materialized in numerous reports, studies and researches in the field.
Oana Mirela Cojocaru (Diaconescu)
doaj  

Spatial wage inequality and its sectoral determinants: the case of modern Russia

open access: yesOeconomia Copernicana, 2019
Research background: We assume that the dynamics of spatial wage inequality can be caused by both shifts in the sectoral structures of regional economies and changes in inter-sectoral and intra-sectoral (inter-regional) wage inequality. Purpose of the
Marina Malkina
doaj   +1 more source

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