ISBN:
9783790827712
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (263 p)
Series Statement:
AIEL Series in Labour Economics
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Exclusion
DDC:
302.5/44
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The book provides a panoramic approach to social exclusion, with emphasis on structural causes (education, health, accidents) and on short term causes connected with the crisis which started in 2008. The picture emerging, based on econometric analysis, is that the crisis has widened the risk of social exclusion, from the structural groups, like disabled people and formerly convicted people, to other groups, like the young, unemployed, low skilled workers and immigrants, in terms of income, poverty, health, unemployment, transition between occupational statuses, participation, leading to a wide
Description / Table of Contents:
Social Exclusion; Acknowledgments; Contents; ContributorsTindara; 1 Introduction and Overview; 1.1…The XXV AIEL Conference; 1.2…Main Approaches to the Discussion of Social Exclusion; 1.3…Economic Crisis, Labour Markets and Social Exclusion; 1.4…Brief Summary of the Papers in the Book; 1.4.1 The Structural and Long-Term Causes of Social Exclusion; 1.4.2 Groups Structurally Vulnerable to Social Exclusion; 1.4.3 Effects of the Recent Crisis on the Labour Market; 1.5…Conclusions; References; Part I The Structural and Long Term Causes of Social Exclusion; 2 Health, Lifestyle and Growth; Abstract
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2.1…Introduction2.2…Some Empirical Evidence; 2.3…A Micro-Model; 2.3.1 The Consumer Utility Function; 2.3.2 The Health Production Function; 2.3.3 The Utility Maximization Problem: The Optimal Choice of x, z and h; 2.4…Comparative Static: The Health Multiplier; 2.5…A Growth Model with Health; 2.6…Conclusions; Acknowledgements; A.1. Appendix2.7…Appendix; A.1.1 A Generalization of Wagstaff's Model; References; 3 A Comparative Analysis of Literacy Rate in Contributing to Social Exclusion Insights; Abstract; 3.1…Introduction and Related Literature
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3.2…Methodology Applied for Empirical Analysis on Literacy Rate for 30 World Countries3.3…Preliminary Empirical Investigation on the Literacy Rate and Expectancy Variables; 3.4…Results from the Multivariate Regression Model; 3.5…Factor Analysis with Maximum Likelihood Method and VARIMAX Rotation; 3.6…Multivariate Regression Model for Literacy Rate with Maximum Likelihood Components; 3.7…Hierarchical Cluster with Maximum Likelihood Components for Literacy Rate; 3.8…Policy Insights From Social Exclusion, Literacy and Skillfulness: The Italian Criticalities and the Case of the United States
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3.9…Concluding RemarksAcknowledgements; References; 4 Education and Socioeconomic Mobility in Post-Communist Countries; Abstract; 4.1…Introduction; 4.2…Data and Measures Used for the Analysis; 4.3…Empirical Findings; 4.4…Discussion; 4.5…Conclusion; Acknowledgements; A.1. Appendix4.6…Appendix; References; 5 Analysing Industrial Accidents in European Countries Using Data Envelopment Analysis; Abstract; 5.1…Introduction; 5.2…Data Envelopment Analysis Methodology; 5.3…Data and Results; 5.4…Conclusion; References; Part II Groups Structurally Vulnerable to Social Exclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Social Exclusion and OffendingAbstract; 6.1…Introduction; 6.1.1 Economic Analysis of Crime; 6.1.2 Implications; 6.2…Model; 6.3…Social Exclusion and Youth Offending; 6.3.1 Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction; 6.4…Reconviction and Social Exclusion; 6.4.1 Anomalies; 6.5…Policy Options; 6.6…Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Disability and Social Exclusion; Abstract; 7.1…Introduction; 7.2…The Facts; 7.3…The Measurement Problem; 7.4…Disability and Labour Market Outcomes: A UK Example; 7.5…Policy Issues; 7.5.1 Income Support; 7.5.2 Quotas; 7.5.3 Sheltered Employment
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7.5.4 Anti-Discrimination Legislation
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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