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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Asset Index"”.
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Essays on Child Labor and Inequality
… multiple correspondence analysis to calculate an asset index, and then offers an inequality analysis using the asset index. The second chapter provides a theoretical explanation of an odd relationship between child labor and per capita land holding in a household, and then provides empirical …
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Three essays on productivity and risk, marketing decisions, and changes in well-being over time
… well-being in Zimbabwe, 2001- 2007/8, using an asset index methodology” shows that it is possible to examine intertemporal and spatial changes in well-being in the absence of consumption expenditures data by using an asset index. The asset index was constructed using Polychoric Principal …
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Using Asset Poverty Measures to Understand Poverty Dynamics, Poverty Traps and Farmer Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Focus on Rural Ethiopia
… distorts evaluation of anti-poverty programs. Asset-based poverty measures enable more nuanced identification of poverty status, but these methods raise methodological problems when estimating the relationship between assets and livelihood. This dissertation uses panel data from Ethiopia to …
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Do Perceptions of Inequality Negatively Affect Interpersonal Trust?
… not include an income variable, I construct an asset index using Principal Component Analysis and find that individual perceptions of socio-economic rank deviate from this measure of objective wealth. In line with the general conclusions in the literature, I find that perceived inequality has a …
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Sequence of return risk in South African post-retirement portfolios: the effectiveness of volatility-focused asset allocation strategies to address sequence and associated risks
… the effectiveness of five volatility-focused asset allocation strategies in addressing the risk. Using monthly asset index returns separated into bull and bear market regimes for the period 1991 to 2020, correlated non-normal returns were simulated and combined with independently simulated …
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Analysing the effect of financial inclusion on income inequality in Namibia
… Household per capita income and household asset index were created using the UNDP approach and considered as proxies for household income and well-being respectively. Financial inclusion is proxied by access and use of formal bank accounts, savings, and credit accounts. The study employed a …
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Investigating the prevalence of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of South African women who have experienced intimate partner violence
… including a Demographic Questionnaire and Asset Index, Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5, Life Events Checklist for DSM-5, Women Abuse Screening Tool, and Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire. The results demonstrated a high prevalence of IPV within the sample, with physical and emotional …
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Wealth, health, and inequality: a study of hyperinflation and households in Zimbabwe
… its empirical chapters assessing changes in asset poverty, asset inequality and child malnutrition before and after the hyperinflation. The first empirical chapter assesses the shifts in asset poverty. Household holdings of physical assets and recorded access to public utilities are drawn …
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Economic Empowerment of Young Women in Southern Uganda: An embedded mixed-methods Dissertation study
… and agency over their lives. Guided by the asset theory and the theory of gender and power, this dissertation employed an embedded mixed-methods approach to examine the economic empowerment of young women in Southern Uganda focusing on three aims. Aim 1 examined the pathways linking …
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Essays on the cause and consequences of market distortions
… inequality in 1999. Wealth is measured by an asset index derived from principle component analysis and its inequality by the McKenzie 2005 index. Inequality in food consumption increased as evidenced by a change in the Kakwani concentration index for food consumption by 48% of the 1999 value. …
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Maternal and child health outcomes in relation to accessibility, spatial distribution, inequality and free maternal care in Kenya
… maternal and child health. The constructed asset index shows an increase in asset wealth between 2003 and 2014. A mapping of the health facilities offering maternal health care in Kenya shows a higher density of health facilities in the western, central and southeastern parts of the country. …