Happiness in the Dual Society of Urban China: Hukou Identity, Horizontal Inequality and Heterogeneous [PDF]
This paper studies the impact of income inequality on the subjective well-being of different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their hukou status: rural migrants, gbornh urban residents, and gacquiredh urban ...
Hiroshi Sato, Ming Lu, Shiqing Jiang
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The redistributive and welfare impact of fiscal policies in Ghana: new evidence from CEQ methodology
Cogent Economics & FinanceThis study presents evidence on the effect of fiscal policies on poverty and inequality in Ghana for the 2017 fiscal year based on the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) assessment framework.
Kwadwo Danso-Mensah +3 more
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Modeling Inequality in Complex Networks of Strategic Agents using Iterative Game-Theoretic Transactions [PDF]
arXivTransactions are an important aspect of human social life, and represent dynamic flow of information, intangible values, such as trust, as well as monetary and social capital. Although much research has been conducted on the nature of transactions in fields ranging from the social sciences to game theory, the systemic effects of different types of ...
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MULTIDIMENSIONAL INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL WELFARE [PDF]
This paper provides a cardinal welfare measure for the allocation of a bundle of goods among a group of people. Social welfare is measured as the sum of n partial indices, one for each good, each of which consists of a function of the amount of the good ...
Antonio Villar Notario
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Income Inequality, Status Seeking, and Consumption [PDF]
Using the Chinese urban household survey data between 1997 and 2006, we find that income inequality has a negative (positive) impact on households’ consumption (savings), even after we control for family income. We argue that people save to improve their
Jin, Ye, Li, Hongbin, Wu, Binzhen
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Expectations about Fertility and Field of Study among Adolescents: A Case of Self-selection?
Comparative Population Studies, 2019 In recent studies on the association between education and fertility, increased attention has been paid to the field of study. Women who studied in traditionally more “feminine” fields, like care, teaching, and health, were found to have their children ...
Micha G. Keijer +2 more
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Social inequality in cancer survivorship: Educational differences in health-related quality of life among 27,857 cancer survivors in Denmark. [PDF]
Cancer Med, 2023 Levinsen AKG +17 more
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Gut microbiome is not associated with mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease
npj Parkinson's DiseaseGut microbiome differences between people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and control subjects without Parkinsonism are widely reported, but potential alterations related to PD with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have yet to be comprehensively explored ...
Velma T. E. Aho +9 more
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Editorial: Social Inequality in Cancer Screening. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2022 Van Hal G, Zeeb H, de Koning HJ.
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Poverty, Inequality and the Role of Social Grants: An Analysis using Decomposition Techniques [PDF]
Despite South Africa’s transition from apartheid in 1994, the social landscape is still fragmented along racial lines. However, South Africa has an impressive social grants system by international standards, with social assistance spending as a ...
Cobus Burger, Paula Armstrong
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