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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"income gaps"”.
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Democracy in Unequal Times: How Economic Inequality Influences Voter Turnout, Party Polarization, and Union Density
… proposes three studies to explore the impact of income inequality on established democracies. The aim of this thesis is twofold: (1) to investigate the political sustainability of large income gaps; and (2) to understand why inequality increased in democracies. The first paper analyzes the …
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Sources of regional growth difference and income disparity during the reform period in China: an empirical analysis
… on the sources of regional growth difference and income disparity during the reform period in China. After a critical review of previous theoretical and empirical literature on this issue, a new analytical framework is constructed based on the growth theory of cumulative causation and endogenous …
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Integration of food consumption and nutrition considerations into the RIARS farming systems research and extension project in the Bicol region of the Philippines
… was a particularly important linkage, along with income, labor, enterprise mix and markets. Groups of farm families based mainly on farming system shared production-related but not nutrition-related characteristics. The household characteristics most useful for research domain subgroups were …
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The relationship of socioeconomic status and school district funding to student achievement: A study of Illinois elementary school districts
… and its subsequent achievement, employment, and income gaps (Martire, 2013). Employing the Pearson Product Moment (PPM) correlation, this study examined the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and student achievement outcomes in 374 Illinois elementary school districts, exploring the …
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Economic Consequences on Gays and Lesbians of Heteronormativity in the Workplace
… of those organizations. This study investigates income discrepancies between gay men and straight men and between lesbians and straight women, to quantify these consequences. Using the National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2010, and controlling for several correlates of income, I use ordinary …
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Gender gaps in administrative positions: the case of educational institutions in Lusaka district, Zambia.
… carried out in order to investigate the Gender gaps in Administrative positions: The case of Educational Institutions in Lusaka District, Zambia. The objectives that guided the study were to: assess the extent of gender gaps in administrative positions; identify the causes of gender gaps in …
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Gender gaps in administrative positions: the case of educational institutions in Lusaka district, Zambia.
… carried out in order to investigate the Gender gaps in Administrative positions: The case of Educational Institutions in Lusaka District, Zambia. The objectives that guided the study were to: assess the extent of gender gaps in administrative positions; identify the causes of gender gaps in …
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The impact of foreign direct investment on productivity and growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
… and countries in SADC in influencing growth and income convergence in the region. The three studies are subjects of chapters 2, 3 and 4, respectively. The first study uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys and employs alternative techniques to identify and estimate the within …
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Understanding Tax Progressivity as a Mechanism of Gender Difference in Tax Payment Patterns and Post-Tax Income
… studies, suggests men pay higher tax rates where income tax progressivity is higher, due to their higher average income. Men’s higher rates should then increase gender equality in income post-tax. However, many rich countries reduced income tax progressivity starting in the 1980s-90s during …