Udaya R Wagle
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 183829 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Udaya R Wagle |
| PRENOMES | Udaya R |
| SOBRENOME | Wagle |
| ASSINATURA | WAGLE U R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Western Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4971-2055 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 141 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Labor migration, remittances, and the economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
The massive increase in labor migration to the Middle East during the past three decades has rivaled its historical trends bound to the West. This paper assesses how this growing trend of migration may have helped shape the economic structure and performance across the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Findings from a descriptive and time series regression analysis of the limited cross-country data show that the experience with la…
Reluctant privatization
Caste/ethnic differences in school dropout among 5-20-year olds in Nepal
Reducing school dropout rates has been a challenging policy problem in an effort to improve educational participation and attainment in developing countries. This paper examines the differences in school dropout rates among the 5–20-year olds across three major caste/ethnic groups in Nepal using nationally representative survey data. Findings suggest sizeable differences witnessed by the indigenous and especially lower-caste Dalit groups when com…
Ethnic Heterogeneity Politics of Welfare State in the United States
The impact of foreign remittances on poverty in Nepal
Rethinking poverty
The Caste/Ethnic Bases of Poverty Dynamics
This paper examines poverty dynamics and their socioeconomic determinants between 1996 and 2011 in Nepal. With chronic and structural poverty headcount ratios of around 17 per cent, poverty is mostly transient and stochastic affecting up to four-fifths of the population. Descriptively, indigenous Janajatis and lower caste Hindus exhibit the highest rates of chronic and structural poverty. Panel data models suggest significant roles of human capit…
How much do social protections matter to poverty and inequality? An insight from Asian experiences
This article examines Asia’s experiences with social protection policies and their efficacy in addressing poverty and inequality. While the relatively high efficacy of the comprehensive welfare states of high-income countries has been widely documented, the experience of low- and middle-income countries may vary given the limited redistributive capacity of their social transfer. Data on 33 Asian countries covering 1990–2012 suggest that the limit…
The Role of Remittances in Determining Economic Security and Poverty in Myanmar
Limited but Evolving
Nepal’s awakening to growing social protection needs occurred only lately with most policies introduced in the 1990s. While comparable by Asian and particularly South Asian standards, these protections are limited and inconsistent. This article takes stock of social protection policies in Nepal with particular emphasis on the extent of coverage relative to needs. It explores the political economy, demand and political contexts to explain why soci…
Linking population heterogeneity with poverty
Purpose – This paper aims to examine how population heterogeneity contributes to poverty in 17 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries during 1980-2005. Design/methodology/approach – The operational strategy involves linking poverty with heterogeneity directly as well as indirectly through welfare state policies as a latent variable in a structural equation framework. Findings – Findings support the widely held…
The Counting-Based Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty
The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part II
This article is the second part of the analysis on this title, the first of which was published in issue 4.4 of this journal. Using a combination of family‐level micro data and state‐level macro indicators, the goal is to examine the roles of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security during 2004 and 2007. To account for endogeneity and self‐selection bias likely in models of labor supply, income, and poverty using survey data, …
The Heterogeneity Politics of the Welfare State
Whether and how developments and changes in welfare state policies are related with population heterogeneity has been a subject of contention. This article examines this relationship using data on welfare state provisions and practices, and ethno‐racial, religious, and immigration heterogeneity, from 17 high‐income O rganisation for E conomic C o‐operation and D evelopment countries between 1980 and 2005. Findings suggest that while religious div…
The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I
Part I: This analysis examines the role of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security from 2004 to 2007. The goal is to explain how FSP has affected labor supply, income, and poverty at the family level. This analysis is published in two parts. This first article surveys the relevant research, develops the appropriate theoretical and empirical propositions, and presents and discusses the impact of FSP receipts on the poverty sta…
Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal
The period since the 1990s witnessed a strong economic performance and labour demand in many countries in the Middle East, East Asia, and West, which coincided with the major political turmoil in Nepal causing enormous increase in emigration and foreign remittance. Using micro‐data for 1996 and 2004, this paper examines foreign remittance to Nepal and its socioeconomic implications. Data indicate that foreign remittance has helped increase income…
Working poverty in Michigan, 1998/1999 and 2007/2008
Michigan has undergone enormous labor market changes since the 1990s affecting employment, income, and poverty. This paper examines changes in poverty among working families and their policy-related and socio-demographic determinants between 1998/1999 and 2007/2008 in Michigan. Findings suggest the rates of ‘poverty’ and ‘near poverty’ to be between 5 and 19% among working families, with slightly higher rates for the latter period. Public transfe…
Does Low Inequality Cause Low Poverty? Evidence from High‐Income and Developing Countries
This paper examines the role of economic inequality in determining poverty globally. Although the immediate observation from the cross‐national data covering 1980 to 2005 suggests the relationship to be strong and positive for high‐income countries and unpredictable for developing countries, more comprehensive analyses detect it to be consistently positive. While high‐income and developing countries typically apply different poverty measurement m…
Rich Democracies, Poor People
Income and Wealth Inequality in Nepal, 1996 and 2004
Micro-data from national surveys indicate that economic inequality remained high and relatively unchanged in Nepal during the middle 1990s and early 2000s. Using household income and wealth as indicators, this study finds that many of the demographic characteristics, such as age, caste, ethnicity and widowhood, determined mostly along traditional social hierarchies, play influential roles in determining inequality in much of Nepal. In urban areas…
Inclusive Democracy and Economic Inequality in South Asia
Studies of the relationship between political democracy and economic inequality have produced diverse findings. This study attempts to mitigate some conceptual and methodological problems inherent in such studies by using multi-indicator concepts of inclusive democracy and economic inequality. Data from the five major historically and culturally homogeneous South Asian countries covering 1980–2003 suggest some bidirectional, positive relationship…
Capability Deprivation and Income Poverty in the United States, 1994 and 2004
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
Himalayan People's War
Book Review| August 01 2008 Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion Michael Hutt, ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004 322 pp., $60.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper) Udaya Wagle Udaya Wagle Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2008) 28 (2): 367–370. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2008-012 Views Icon …
Multidimensional poverty
The policy science of democracy
Rethinking poverty
Multidimensional poverty
Capability Deprivation and Income Poverty in the United States, 1994 and 2004
The impact of foreign remittances on poverty in Nepal
The Counting-Based Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty
Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal
The period since the 1990s witnessed a strong economic performance and labour demand in many countries in the Middle East, East Asia, and West, which coincided with the major political turmoil in Nepal causing enormous increase in emigration and foreign remittance. Using micro‐data for 1996 and 2004, this paper examines foreign remittance to Nepal and its socioeconomic implications. Data indicate that foreign remittance has helped increase income…
Are Economic Liberalization and Equality Compatible? Evidence from South Asia
Political Participation and Civic Engagement in Kathmandu
Researchers generally accept the thesis that strong relationships exist between civic engagement and political participation. However, the specific nature and magnitude of the relationships are yet to be ascertained empirically. Operationalizing political participation in terms of electoral and other forms of participation, this article uncovers a large degree of political and civic inequality across different demographic and socioeconomic groups…
The estimates and characteristics of poverty in Kathmandu
This paper compares poverty outcomes in Kathmandu using absolute income, absolute consumption, and relative income standards and suggests that the extent of poverty in this city can be somewhere between 19 and 44% of the population depending on which standard is used. The characteristics of poverty also vary depending on the poverty standard applied. Nevertheless, all three standards consistently suggest the following poverty characteristics: hou…
Rethinking poverty
The Role of Remittances in Determining Economic Security and Poverty in Myanmar
Limited but Evolving
Nepal’s awakening to growing social protection needs occurred only lately with most policies introduced in the 1990s. While comparable by Asian and particularly South Asian standards, these protections are limited and inconsistent. This article takes stock of social protection policies in Nepal with particular emphasis on the extent of coverage relative to needs. It explores the political economy, demand and political contexts to explain why soci…
The Heterogeneity Politics of the Welfare State
Whether and how developments and changes in welfare state policies are related with population heterogeneity has been a subject of contention. This article examines this relationship using data on welfare state provisions and practices, and ethno‐racial, religious, and immigration heterogeneity, from 17 high‐income O rganisation for E conomic C o‐operation and D evelopment countries between 1980 and 2005. Findings suggest that while religious div…
Does Low Inequality Cause Low Poverty? Evidence from High‐Income and Developing Countries
This paper examines the role of economic inequality in determining poverty globally. Although the immediate observation from the cross‐national data covering 1980 to 2005 suggests the relationship to be strong and positive for high‐income countries and unpredictable for developing countries, more comprehensive analyses detect it to be consistently positive. While high‐income and developing countries typically apply different poverty measurement m…
Income and Wealth Inequality in Nepal, 1996 and 2004
Micro-data from national surveys indicate that economic inequality remained high and relatively unchanged in Nepal during the middle 1990s and early 2000s. Using household income and wealth as indicators, this study finds that many of the demographic characteristics, such as age, caste, ethnicity and widowhood, determined mostly along traditional social hierarchies, play influential roles in determining inequality in much of Nepal. In urban areas…
Poverty in Kathmandu
Labor migration, remittances, and the economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
The massive increase in labor migration to the Middle East during the past three decades has rivaled its historical trends bound to the West. This paper assesses how this growing trend of migration may have helped shape the economic structure and performance across the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Findings from a descriptive and time series regression analysis of the limited cross-country data show that the experience with la…
How much do social protections matter to poverty and inequality? An insight from Asian experiences
This article examines Asia’s experiences with social protection policies and their efficacy in addressing poverty and inequality. While the relatively high efficacy of the comprehensive welfare states of high-income countries has been widely documented, the experience of low- and middle-income countries may vary given the limited redistributive capacity of their social transfer. Data on 33 Asian countries covering 1990–2012 suggest that the limit…
Linking population heterogeneity with poverty
Purpose – This paper aims to examine how population heterogeneity contributes to poverty in 17 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries during 1980-2005. Design/methodology/approach – The operational strategy involves linking poverty with heterogeneity directly as well as indirectly through welfare state policies as a latent variable in a structural equation framework. Findings – Findings support the widely held…
The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I
Part I: This analysis examines the role of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security from 2004 to 2007. The goal is to explain how FSP has affected labor supply, income, and poverty at the family level. This analysis is published in two parts. This first article surveys the relevant research, develops the appropriate theoretical and empirical propositions, and presents and discusses the impact of FSP receipts on the poverty sta…
Rich Democracies, Poor People
Inclusive Democracy and Economic Inequality in South Asia
Studies of the relationship between political democracy and economic inequality have produced diverse findings. This study attempts to mitigate some conceptual and methodological problems inherent in such studies by using multi-indicator concepts of inclusive democracy and economic inequality. Data from the five major historically and culturally homogeneous South Asian countries covering 1980–2003 suggest some bidirectional, positive relationship…
Political Participation in Kathmandu
Electoral participation is the most dominant form of political participation. When it comes to influencing policy outcomes, however, other forms are also important. This paper examines the extent of electoral and other forms of political participation in Kathmandu and finds that both approaches are widely used. Findings suggest that those participating in elections are characteristically somewhat different from those participating in other politi…
The policy science of democracy
Rethinking poverty
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement with Economic Well‐being, Capability, and Social Inclusion
The contemporary, income and consumption approaches to poverty definition and measurement, which are unidimensional in nature, are unable to capture multiple dimensions of poverty. The multidimensional approach operationalized here in the structural equation framework suggests that the multidimensionality of poverty hypothesis holds for the population in Kathmandu, Nepal, including economic well‐being, capability, and social inclusion. While all …
Poverty in Kathmandu
The estimates and characteristics of poverty in Kathmandu
This paper compares poverty outcomes in Kathmandu using absolute income, absolute consumption, and relative income standards and suggests that the extent of poverty in this city can be somewhere between 19 and 44% of the population depending on which standard is used. The characteristics of poverty also vary depending on the poverty standard applied. Nevertheless, all three standards consistently suggest the following poverty characteristics: hou…
Political Participation in Kathmandu
Electoral participation is the most dominant form of political participation. When it comes to influencing policy outcomes, however, other forms are also important. This paper examines the extent of electoral and other forms of political participation in Kathmandu and finds that both approaches are widely used. Findings suggest that those participating in elections are characteristically somewhat different from those participating in other politi…
Political Participation and Civic Engagement in Kathmandu
Researchers generally accept the thesis that strong relationships exist between civic engagement and political participation. However, the specific nature and magnitude of the relationships are yet to be ascertained empirically. Operationalizing political participation in terms of electoral and other forms of participation, this article uncovers a large degree of political and civic inequality across different demographic and socioeconomic groups…
Are Economic Liberalization and Equality Compatible? Evidence from South Asia
Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
Himalayan People's War
Book Review| August 01 2008 Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion Michael Hutt, ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004 322 pp., $60.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper) Udaya Wagle Udaya Wagle Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2008) 28 (2): 367–370. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-2008-012 Views Icon …
Multidimensional poverty
Inclusive Democracy and Economic Inequality in South Asia
Studies of the relationship between political democracy and economic inequality have produced diverse findings. This study attempts to mitigate some conceptual and methodological problems inherent in such studies by using multi-indicator concepts of inclusive democracy and economic inequality. Data from the five major historically and culturally homogeneous South Asian countries covering 1980–2003 suggest some bidirectional, positive relationship…
Capability Deprivation and Income Poverty in the United States, 1994 and 2004
Does Low Inequality Cause Low Poverty? Evidence from High‐Income and Developing Countries
This paper examines the role of economic inequality in determining poverty globally. Although the immediate observation from the cross‐national data covering 1980 to 2005 suggests the relationship to be strong and positive for high‐income countries and unpredictable for developing countries, more comprehensive analyses detect it to be consistently positive. While high‐income and developing countries typically apply different poverty measurement m…
Rich Democracies, Poor People
Income and Wealth Inequality in Nepal, 1996 and 2004
Micro-data from national surveys indicate that economic inequality remained high and relatively unchanged in Nepal during the middle 1990s and early 2000s. Using household income and wealth as indicators, this study finds that many of the demographic characteristics, such as age, caste, ethnicity and widowhood, determined mostly along traditional social hierarchies, play influential roles in determining inequality in much of Nepal. In urban areas…
Working poverty in Michigan, 1998/1999 and 2007/2008
Michigan has undergone enormous labor market changes since the 1990s affecting employment, income, and poverty. This paper examines changes in poverty among working families and their policy-related and socio-demographic determinants between 1998/1999 and 2007/2008 in Michigan. Findings suggest the rates of ‘poverty’ and ‘near poverty’ to be between 5 and 19% among working families, with slightly higher rates for the latter period. Public transfe…
The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I
Part I: This analysis examines the role of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security from 2004 to 2007. The goal is to explain how FSP has affected labor supply, income, and poverty at the family level. This analysis is published in two parts. This first article surveys the relevant research, develops the appropriate theoretical and empirical propositions, and presents and discusses the impact of FSP receipts on the poverty sta…
Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal
The period since the 1990s witnessed a strong economic performance and labour demand in many countries in the Middle East, East Asia, and West, which coincided with the major political turmoil in Nepal causing enormous increase in emigration and foreign remittance. Using micro‐data for 1996 and 2004, this paper examines foreign remittance to Nepal and its socioeconomic implications. Data indicate that foreign remittance has helped increase income…
The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part II
This article is the second part of the analysis on this title, the first of which was published in issue 4.4 of this journal. Using a combination of family‐level micro data and state‐level macro indicators, the goal is to examine the roles of the Food Stamps Program (FSP) in promoting economic security during 2004 and 2007. To account for endogeneity and self‐selection bias likely in models of labor supply, income, and poverty using survey data, …
The Heterogeneity Politics of the Welfare State
Whether and how developments and changes in welfare state policies are related with population heterogeneity has been a subject of contention. This article examines this relationship using data on welfare state provisions and practices, and ethno‐racial, religious, and immigration heterogeneity, from 17 high‐income O rganisation for E conomic C o‐operation and D evelopment countries between 1980 and 2005. Findings suggest that while religious div…
Linking population heterogeneity with poverty
Purpose – This paper aims to examine how population heterogeneity contributes to poverty in 17 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries during 1980-2005. Design/methodology/approach – The operational strategy involves linking poverty with heterogeneity directly as well as indirectly through welfare state policies as a latent variable in a structural equation framework. Findings – Findings support the widely held…
The Counting-Based Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty
The Role of Remittances in Determining Economic Security and Poverty in Myanmar
Limited but Evolving
Nepal’s awakening to growing social protection needs occurred only lately with most policies introduced in the 1990s. While comparable by Asian and particularly South Asian standards, these protections are limited and inconsistent. This article takes stock of social protection policies in Nepal with particular emphasis on the extent of coverage relative to needs. It explores the political economy, demand and political contexts to explain why soci…
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