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What is the Domain of the Welfare State?

Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The paper examines the appropriate domain of the Welfare State by exploring the areas in which free enterprise fails to provide adequate welfare state services. The paper outlines a simple coherent strategy for formulating government welfare state policy by identifying the relevant market...

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Parental investment, school choice, and the persistent benefits of intervention in early childhood

Wang, Lei; Qian, Yiwei; Warrinnier, Nele; Attanasio, … - 2021

We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...

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The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: Evidence from Latin American countries

Costa, Joana; Silva, Elydia; Vaz, Fábio - 2009

economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …

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The poor, the prosperous and the 'inbetweeners': A fresh perspective on global society, inequality and growth

Edward, Peter; Sumner, Andy - 2014

What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the … winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are …

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Can the Paris Deal Boost SDGs Achievement? An Assessment of Climate Mitigation Co-benefits or Side-effects on Poverty and Inequality

Campagnolo, Lorenza; Davide, Marinella - 2017

reduced income inequality (SDG10). By combining an empirical analysis with a modelling exercise, the paper estimates the … future trends of poverty prevalence and inequality across countries in a reference scenario and under a climate mitigation … reduction of inequality compared to baseline scenario levels. If financial support for mitigation action in developing countries …

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An assessment of the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs in the United States

Ben-Shalom, Yonatan; Moffitt, Robert; Scholz, John Karl - 2011

We assess the effectiveness of means-tested and social insurance programs in the United States. We show that per capita expenditures on these programs as a whole have grown over time but expenditures on some programs have declined. The benefit system in the U.S. has a major impact on poverty...

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The impact of natural disasters on household income , expenditure, poverty and inequality : evidence from Vietnam

Bui, Anh Tuan; Dungey, Mardi H.; Cuong Viet Nguyen; … - In: Applied economics 46 (2014) 13/15, pp. 1751-1766

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How large is the extent of COVID-19 on territorial inequality? : France's current situation and prospects

Belaid, Fateh; Flambard, Véronique; Mongo, Michelle - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 12, pp. 1432-1448

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COVID-19 restrictions in the US : wage vulnerability by education, race and gender

Gambau, Borja; Palomino, Juan C.; Rodríguez, Juan Gabriel - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 25, pp. 2900-2915

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Does aid affect inequality?

Kasuga, Hidefumi; Morita, Yuichi - In: Applied economics 50 (2018) 58, pp. 6249-6262

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