Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "INEQUALITY"
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THE EFFECT OF ACCESS TO IMPROVED WATER SOURCES AND SANITATION ON ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY: THE CASE OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
(2012)This paper evaluates the effect of access to improved water sources and sanitation on 41 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries' economic efficiency and growth. For this reason data envelopment analysis (DEA), bootstrap ... -
Environmental Kuznets Curve for sulfur: evidence using GMM estimation and random coefficient panel data models
(2003)The purpose of this study is to test empirically the hypothesis of the inverted U-shaped relationship between environmental damage from sulfur emissions and economic growth as expressed by GDP. Using a large database of ... -
European Regional Convergence Revisited: A Weighted Least Squares Approach
(2009)A plethora of past studies have concluded that unconditional beta-convergence is present in a broad sample of regions, implying that poor regions grow faster than rich ones. All these econometric studies tend to overlook ... -
INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS, BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITAL, ETHNICITY, AND LOCALITY
(2015)This paper analyses a uniquely detailed data set of social integration characteristics of immigrants belonging to four non-native ethnic groups (i.e., Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese, and Antilleans) living in Dutch neighborhoods. ... -
Local social engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness in the Netherlands: which effects matter and for whom?
(2015)This paper examines to what extent, and for whom, different geographical characteristics affect the levels of local social engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness in the Netherlands. We employ a uniquely detailed dataset ... -
Segregation, social polarization and immigration in Athens during the 1990s: Theoretical expectations and contextual difference
(2007)This article investigates trends in segregation, polarization and inequality in Athens during the 1990s, and focuses on what may seem a paradoxical coexistence of decreasing segregation with increasing social polarization ...