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Constructing a Social Accounting Matrix with a distributional focus : the case of Bolivia
Thiele, Rainer; Piazolo, Daniel - 2002
services sector is split up into formal and informal activities to account for the fact that poverty is largely confined to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011491000
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Some simple analytics of poverty redress through direct income transfers and wage employment programmes : a review and commentary
Subramanian, S. - 2004
optimal anti-poverty budgetary rules for two kinds of intervention, direct income transfers and wage employment programmes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513949
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Pension income inequality : a cohort study in six European countries
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014
This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422868
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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies : Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015
affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465441
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The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Lastunen, Jesse; Rattenhuber, Pia; Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; … - 2021
-benefit policies stabilized earnings losses. We then evaluate the impact on income-based poverty and inequality and the contribution of … discretionary tax-benefit policies in alleviating the shock. Our analysis shows modest increases in headcount poverty rates and … inequality, and somewhat larger effects on the poverty gap due to lower relative earnings losses of the poor population at the …
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Why the rich stay rich : on dysfunctional institutions' "ability to persist" (no matter what)
Palma, José Gabriel - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013253499
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The effect of COVID-19 and emergency policies on Colombian households' income
Corredor, Federico; Ríos, Paola; Rodriguez, David - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876225
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Tax policy and inclusive growth
Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2020
This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, id est in support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy,...
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