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Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over … inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by large social transfers, but the risk of relative poverty still affects … tackle poverty traps would both reduce inequality and improve the labour supply of residents. Strong activation policies are …
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This paper analyzes the equity of opportunity in basic education and infrastructure services in seven developing … socioeconomic and demographic circumstances to inequality of opportunity in accessing basic services. The new and major contribution … variable to the inequality of opportunity. This contribution is crucial in identifying which underlying inequalities matter …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly … small and dominated by non-redistributive schemes such as contributory pensions. Education coverage has increased steadily …
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Randomized field experiments designed to better understand the production of human capital have increased exponentially over the past several decades. This chapter summarizes what we have learned about various partial derivatives of the human capital production function, what important partial...
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In this paper we look at lifetime inequality to address two main questions: How well does a modern tax system, based on … annual information, target lifetime inequality? What aspects of the tranfser system are most progressive from a lifetime … perspective? To answer to these questions it is crucial to relate lifetime and annual inequality and determine the main building …
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This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective wellbeing reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464956
country with among the highest levels of income inequality in the OECD and a pattern of inequality that appears to be moving … among the longest in the OECD are also creating challenges for work-life balances, child education, personal care and …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility …
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strengthened further, starting at the early school years, as not all children benefit from early childhood education and care …
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This paper uses data from the American Life Panel to understand the determinants of well-being in the United States during the Great Recession. It investigates how various dimensions of subjective wellbeing reflected in the OECD Better Life Framework impact subjective well-being. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276888
country with among the highest levels of income inequality in the OECD and a pattern of inequality that appears to be moving … among the longest in the OECD are also creating challenges for work-life balances, child education, personal care and …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276963