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Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies: Demographic, economic, and political determinants
Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - 2013
density, deindustrialization, unemployment, employment levels, and education spending. The main determinants of redistribution … are (in order of magnitude) left government, family structure, welfare state generosity, unemployment, and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335556
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The State and Poverty Alleviation in Advanced Capitalist Democracies
Moller, Stephanie; Bradley, David; Huber, Evelyne; … - 2001
We analyze the impact of the state on the incidence of poverty in the working-age population of 14 advanced capitalist democracies between 1970 and 1997 using an unbalanced panel design. We utilize poverty measures based on micro-level data from the Luxembourg Income Study in conjunction with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653004
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Single Motherhood, Employment, or Social Assistance: Why are U.S. Women Poorer than Women in Other Affluent Nations?
Christopher, Karen - 2001
disparity by examining the effect of single motherhood, employment, and social assistance on women's poverty. With cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653011
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Welfare State Regimes and Mothers' Poverty
Christopher, Karen - 2001
Study, I show how tax and transfer systems and employment supports in nine Western nations affect the poverty rates of … extent in France, the Netherlands and U.K., the tax and transfer system, employment supports, or a combination of the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653012