Search results for "Lower income"
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Income characteristics and the use of microfinance services: evidence from economically active persons with disabilities
2013
The purpose of this empirical research from Uganda is to provide initial insight into the ‘black box’ of understanding the economic behaviour of persons with disabilities and about their use of microfinance services. First, we analyse the income levels of persons with disabilities in relation to their sources of income. Second, we study the income sources and income levels for different types of disabilities. Finally, we analyse how income level and income source relate to the use of microfinance services for persons with disabilities. We present evidence that farmers with disabilities and persons with visual impairments have lower income levels than other persons with disabilities. We then…
Tween Girls' Perception of Gender Roles and Gender Identities
2011
PurposeThe present study aims to examine girls' perception of gender roles and gender identities in Hong Kong.Design/methodology/approachA total of 16 girls aged 10 to 12 were asked to take pictures from the media that could illustrate “what girls or women should or should not be; and what girls or women should or should not do”. Qualitative interviews were conducted.FindingsAnalysis of interviews and images captured found that tween girls' perceived gender roles for females were based on a mixture of traditional and contemporary role models. Girls in Hong Kong demonstrated conservatism in sexuality. Sexy outlook and pre‐marital sexual relations were considered inappropriate. Tween girls sh…
Prudential supervisors' independence and income smoothing in European banks
2019
[EN] We investigate the role of prudential supervisors' independence in affecting income smoothing behavior in European banks. Powerful national supervisors are predicted to influence the accounting practices of their supervised entities, shaping the properties of the accounting numbers they prepare. In particular, we study whether greater independence of powerful supervisors from the government and from the industry is associated with lower income smoothing. We use the mandatory adoption of a single set of accounting standards in Europe as a shock to the influence of prudential supervisors over national banks' accounting practice. Our results confirm that political and industry independenc…
The Effect on Inequality of Changing One or Two Incomes
2003
We examine the effect on inequality of increasing one income, and show that for two wide classes of indices a benchmark income level or position exists, dividing upper from lower incomes, such that if a lower income is raised, inequality falls, and if an upper income is raised, inequality rises. We provide a condition on the inequality orderings implicit in two inequality indices under which the one has a lower benchmark than the other for all unequal income distributions. We go on to examine the effect on the same indices of simultaneously increasing one income and decreasing another higher up the distribution, deriving results which quantify the extent of the "bucket leak" which can be to…
Professional drivers and private drivers from Bogotá: Diagnosis of sociodemographic conditions and general well-being [exploratory analysis]
2018
espanolA pesar que los accidentes de trafico son reconocidos mundialmente como un problema de salud publica y que en Colombia representan la segunda causa de muerte violenta, hay una falta de investigacion en torno al tema, hecho que senala la importancia de iniciar acciones concretas. En consonancia con lo anterior, el objetivo de la presente investigacion fue estudiar dos tipos de poblacion de conductores, a saber, conductores profesionales y particulares en la ciudad de Bogota, mediante un analisis y comparacion de su situacion sociodemografica y de salud general. Con tales fines, una investigacion de corte transversal fue llevada a cabo, en la que participaron 500 conductores (250 profe…