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Thieves, Thugs, and Neighborhood Poverty

Bjerk, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty … across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no effect or a negative … effect on property crime, but a positive effect on violent crime. Using IV methods, I show this implication to be consistent …

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Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty in Rich Countries Since 1990

Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in...

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The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India

Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We examine the impact of political reservation for disadvantaged minority groups on poverty. To address the concern that political reservation is endogenous in the relationship between poverty and reservation, we take advantage of the state-time variation in reservation in state legislative...

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Do Europe's Minimum Income Schemes Provide Adequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis and How, If at All, Have Governments Responded?

Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Van Mechelen, Natascha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changes that have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens with adequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on data for 24 European Union...

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Estimating the Impacts of Bolivia's Protected Areas on Poverty

Bacarreza, Canavire; Javier, Gustavo; Hanauer, Merlin M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Protected areas represent a powerful policy tool for the preservation of ecosystems and their services. The rapid proliferation of protected areas in Bolivia over the past several decades has prompted interest in understanding their impacts on surrounding populations. Recent studies from other...

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How Tight Are Safety-Nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish Register Data

Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The non take-up of social assistance benefits due to claim costs may seriously limit the antipoverty effect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on interview-based data, potentially biased by misreporting and measurement errors on both benefit entitlement...

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Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China

Gustafsson, Bjorn; Quheng, Deng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Since the second half of the 1990s economic restructuring in urban China has led to widespread joblessness and income insecurity. The rapid expansion of the system of social assistance, Di Bao, can be understood from this perspective. Using a survey covering large parts of urban China in 2002,...

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Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries

Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...

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The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply A Simulation Study for Switzerland

Gerfin, Michael; Leu, Robert E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

-work benefits. It turns out that adding a minimum hours requirement to the current social assistance system is the most cost …

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Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges

Immervoll, Herwig - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Almost all OECD countries operate comprehensive minimum-income programmes for working-age individuals, either as last-resort safety nets alongside primary income replacement benefits, or as the principal instrument for delivering social protection. Such safety-net benefits aim primarily at...

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