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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession : An International Perspective
Bargain, Olivier - 2014
This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061934
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The Gender Gap in Income and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Doorley, Karina; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2022
The gender income gap is large and well documented for many countries. Recent research shows that it is mainly driven by differences in working patterns between men and women, but also by wage differences. The tax-benefit system cushions the gender income gap by redistributing between men and...
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