Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 272
Cover Image
Taxation, inequality, and poverty : evidence from Ukraine
Markina, Oksana - In: Central European economic journal 9 (2022) 56, pp. 1-18
The aim of the article is to assess the impact of taxes on poverty and inequality in Ukraine and provide … recommendations on how taxation should be used to address problems of inequality and poverty. The research methodology is based on a … taxation and social spending on inequality and poverty in individual countries. The dataset consists of data from the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198001
Cover Image
Has economic growth in Balkan Countries been pro-poor in the 2012-2017 period?
Zwierzchowski, Jan; Panek, Tomasz - In: Central European economic journal 9 (2022) 56, pp. 76-92
The study investigates whether economic growth in the Balkan countries was pro-poor in the most recent period. We also try to establish to what extent various measures of pro-poorness of economic growth produce consistent and comparable results. Firstly, concepts of pro-poor growth are defined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013280000
Cover Image
A survey of inclusive growth policy
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk; Wood, Jacob - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 3/65, pp. 1-18
Background: Since the latter part of the 20th Century, countries have been particularly challenged by the trade-off that exists between delivering generous welfare provisions and strong economic growth. Such dynamics have stimulated a need to better understand the causes of income inequality so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025364
Cover Image
Dynamic linkages between poverty, inequality, crime, and social expenditures in a panel of 16 countries : two‑step GMM estimates
Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Yousaf, Zahid; Nassani, … - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 9 (2020) 43, pp. 1-25
The study examines the relationship between growth-inequality-poverty (GIP) triangle and crime rate under the premises … that there is (i) no/flat relationship between per capita income and crime rate; (ii) U-shaped relationship between poverty … decrease crime rate. Crime rate substantially increases income inequality while health expenditures decrease poverty headcount …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256576
Cover Image
A systematic literature review on the rural-urban well-being gap in Europe
Meloni, Cesare; Rocchi, Benedetto; Severini, Simone - In: Bio-based and applied economics 12 (2023) 4, pp. 305-321
A large amount of policy support is spent to foster the development of rural areas in Europe. However, empirical evidence on the well-being differential between rural and urban areas in Europe is scant and incomplete. The present study develops a systematic literature review on this topic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480896
Cover Image
The nexus between crime rates, poverty, and income inequality : a case study of Indonesia
Sugiharti, Lilik; Purwono, Rudi; Padilla, Miguel Angel … - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-15
This study examines whether income inequality and poverty are determinants of crime rates across 34 provinces in … Indonesia. Three indicators of income inequality and four poverty measures are tested to examine whether the dimension and … rates than our second and third indicators, i.e., the gap in food expenditure and the Gini ratio. Poverty is also positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014230742
Cover Image
Reducing inequalities and strengthening social cohesion through inclusive growth : a roadmap for action
Boarini, Romina; Causa, Orsetta; Fleurbaey, Marc; … - 2018
The authors propose a policy compact to achieve more inclusive growth in G20 countries so that economic growth regains the ultimate sense of improving all people’s lives. Guiding principles are: 1) prosperity is not just about income but about all relevant outcomes of well-being and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917283
Cover Image
Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239
The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221961
Cover Image
Using the GB2 income distribution
Duangkamon Chotikapanich; Griffiths, William E.; … - In: Econometrics : open access journal 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-24
inequality, poverty, and pro-poor growth that can be used to compute these measures from GB2 parameter estimates. An application …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823360
Cover Image
Income distribution in Germany : real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190
remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847472