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Education, Income, and Equality.

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Zeigler, Harmon – 1986

Educational development in a country should reliably predict the level of wealth and its distribution. Undeveloped societies tend to have highly inegalitarian distribution functions. The development process accelerates this tendency by rewarding wealthy segments of the population that are in a position to invest in the growing economy. Finally, in…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development

The Effect of the Social Welfare System on Metropolitan Migration in the U.S., by Income Group, Gender and Family Structure.

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Cushing, Brian J. – Urban Studies, 1993

Addresses out-migration from and in-migration to metropolitan areas in the United States and particularly the effect of the social-welfare system on migration decisions. The results provide only weak support for the hypothesis that social-welfare benefits influence out-migration decisions but moderate support for its influence on in-migration.…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Economically Disadvantaged