The gender poverty gap in developed countries: Causes and cures

The effect of wage growth caused by stock market liquidity on income inequality and poverty in developed and developed countries

One of the significant incentives of the investors to enter the capital market is to earn profits and finally increase wealth. However, one of the most important concerns of the investors while investing in the stock market is the liquidity of the stocks. Thus, the high liquidity of the stock market reduces the risk of non-liquidity of the stock, as well as reduces the cost of capital accumulat...

Obesity and poverty paradox in developed countries.

Obesity is a civilization disease and the proportion of people suffering from it continues to grow, especially in the developed countries. Number of obese people in Europe has increased threefold over the last 20 years. The paradox of obesity and poverty relationship is observed especially in the developed and developing countries. In developing countries, along with economic development and in...

The Gender Wage Gap in Four Countries

The Gender Wage Gap in Four Countries In a series of studies written during the 1980s Bob Gregory and his co-authors compared the gender wage gap in Australia with that found in other countries. They found it was not the difference in human capital endowments that explained different gender wage gaps but rather the rewards for these endowments. They concluded that country-specific factors, espe...

Causes of Poverty in Developing Countries

Poverty and Fertility in Less Developed Countries: A Comparative Analysis

The Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) specialises in the production and analysis of longitudinal data. ISER incorporates the following centres: • ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change. Established in 1989 to identify, explain, model and forecast social change in Britain at the individual and household level, the Centre specialises in research using longitudinal data. • ESR...