Measuring poverty persistence

A Fusco, P Van Kerm - Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty …, 2023 - elgaronline.com
Poverty is not a static phenomenon; it is a dynamic one (Jenkins 2011). It is well
documented that a large share of the poor only make a transitory poverty experience …

Poverty dynamics and poverty traps among refugee and host communities in Uganda

G Malevolti, D Romano - The Journal of Development Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses poverty dynamics and checks for the existence of poverty traps among
refugee and host communities living close to each other in Uganda. Although some non …

Expansión de la educación superior en Chile¿ La política de créditos estudiantiles ha logrado reducir la desigualdad de acceso?

C Mella San Martín, E Moya Díaz - Perfiles educativos, 2024 - scielo.org.mx
El artículo describe la expansión de la educación superior en Chile y explora si la política
de créditos estudiantiles redujo la desigualdad de acceso entre 2003 y 2017. Utilizando la …

Derivation of an allostatic load index in the Chilean GERO study cohort reveals the need for specific clinical thresholds in older populations

I Buller-Peralta, G Muniz-Terrera, P Lillo, P Riquelme… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background Only few studies of Allostatic Load (AL) have been conducted in Latin/Hispanic
populations, and even fewer performed in South American cohorts. Here, we replicated a …

Between persistence and change in Latin America: Did the recent expansion of higher education reduce educational inequality by social origins?

C Mella San Martin - 2021 - ora.ox.ac.uk
The aim of this thesis is to explore the effect that the recent expansion of higher education
has had on the role of inequality by social origins in attendance to this level in Latin America …