ECONOMIC POLICIES AND ISSUES ON A GLOBAL SCALE -- ECONOMIC POLICIES AND ISSUES ON A GLOBAL SCALE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Identification -- 2.1.The Direct Method vs. The Income Method -- 2.2.Absolute vs. Relative Poverty -- 2.3.Poverty vs. Inequality -- 2.4.Intensive vs. Extensive Poverty -- 2.5.Lifetime Poverty -- 2.6.Household Poverty -- 2.7.Selection of the Poverty Line -- 3.Measurement -- 3.1.One-dimensional Poverty Measures -- 3.1.1.Primitive Measures -- 3.1.2.Sen's Axiomatic Approach -- 3.1.3.The Sen Measure -- 3.1.4.Sen-like Measures -- 3.1.5.Social Welfare-based Measures -- 3.1.6.The Foster et al. Poverty Measure -- 3.1.7.Dalton-type Measures -- 3.1.8.The Stochastic Dominance Approach -- 3.2.Multi-dimensional Poverty Measures -- 3.2.1.The Aggregation Approach -- 3.2.2.Individual-level Measures -- 3.2.3.Multi-dimensional Stochastic Dominance -- 3.3.Statistical Inference for Poverty Measures -- 4.Conclusion -- References -- WORKING UNDER TIME PRESSURE: AN INCREASING RISK FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. Job Characteristics -- 3.2. Health Complaints -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC POLICY OBJECTIVES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHARACTERISTICS -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND ENTREPRENEUR BEHAVIOR -- ECONOMIC POLICY MEASURES -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CAPITAL FLIGHT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE PHILIPPINES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PHILIPPINE SETTING -- 3. MEASURING THE COST OF CAPITAL FLIGHT -- 4. THE INCONVENIENT COST OF CAPITAL FLIGHT -- 5. LET BYGONES BE BYGONES? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- UNANTICIPATED MONEY GROWTH AND GDP: EVIDENCE FROM KOREA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

MODEL -- ESTIMATION -- DATA AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHILD POVERTY IN RICH COUNTRIES: AN OVERVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DYNAMICS OF CHILD POVERTY -- DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS -- TOTAL SOCIAL EXPENDITURES AND PARENTAL LEAVES -- CHILD BENEFITS AND RELATED TAX TRANSFERS -- FISCAL POLICIES -- LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AND THE COST OF CHILDCARE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MONETARY POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF MONETARY POLICY -- MONETARY POLICY AND THE LONG TERM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS AND THE NUMBER OF INFANTS RELINQUISHED FOR ADOPTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESTRICTIVE STATE ABORTION LAWS -- THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS -- DATA -- EMPIRICAL MODEL -- Abortion Costs -- Socioeconomic Variables -- State Social Policies -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SWITCH FROM EXHAUSTIBLE TO INEXHAUSTIBLE NATURAL RESOURCE USE IN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SOCIETY'S PREFERENCES -- 3. SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PRODUCTION WITH AN EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE -- 3.1. The General Criteria of the Efficient Exploitation of Resources -- 3.2. Conditions for the Values of the Proportion of Saving and the Partial Elasticity of Production -- 3.3. Extensions of the Simplest Model -- 4. EXHAUSTIBLE AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES -- 5. TECHNOLOGICAL SWITCH AT THE POWER STATION OF PÉCS - CASE STUDY 2 -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.