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The redistributive effects of tax benefit systems in the enlarged EU

Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality analysis based on the standard approach suggests that...

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Europe's migration experience and its effects on economic inequality

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - 2021

This chapter provides the historical context for the past half-century in Europe focusing specifically on the link between migration and economic development and inequality. The literature review suggests that there are several channels through which migration affects economic inequality between...

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Inequality of opportunities of educational achievement in Turkey over time

Tansel, Aysıt - 2015

This study investigates inequality of opportunity in educational achievements in Turkey over time. For this purpose we … achievement in Turkey. Second, the inequality of opportunity in educational achievement shows a slightly decreasing trend over … time in Turkey. Third, the inequality of opportunity figures based on the mathematics, science and reading achievements …

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Poverty trends in Turkey

Şeker, Sirma Demir; Jenkins, Stephen - 2013

This paper provides new evidence about poverty trends in Turkey between 2003 and 2011 and the factors accounting for …

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Living standards and economic vulnerability in Turkey between 1987 and 1994

Yemtsov, Ruslan - 2001

Until recently, poverty was a relatively unexplored field of studies in Turkey. This is one of the first attempts … outside Turkey to use household survey data from two nationally representative surveys conducted in 1987 and 1994 to get a … Turkey. The paper finds that Turkey does not face a problem of absolute poverty by the standards of a developing country (in …

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Wage inequality and wage mobility in Turkey

Tansel, Aysıt; Dalgıç, Başak; Güven, Aytekin - 2014

This paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Turkey using the Surveys on Income and Living Conditions … (SILC). This is the first paper that explores wage mobility for Turkey. It differs from the existing literature by providing … of the highest among the European Union (EU) countries. The wage mobility in Turkey is lower than what is observed in the …

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Modelling the distributional effects of the cost-of-living crisis in Turkey and the South Caucasus : a microsimulation analysis

Can, Zeynep Gizem; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa M.; … - 2023

-of-living crisis, focusing on both Turkey and the South Caucasus region, which have different welfare regimes and patterns of price …

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Inequality of opportunity and economic growth : a cross-country analysis

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Lakner, Christoph; Ana Lugo, … - 2014

Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be associated with faster economic growth, other kinds, arising from unequal opportunities for investment, might be detrimental to economic progress. We construct two new metadata...

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Euroskepticism in the crisis : more mood than economy

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Wehner, Caroline - 2014

Before the Great Recession, rising income inequality within the European Union member states has been considered to be one driver for an increasing Euroskepticism. Using rich data on attitudes towards European integration from the Eurobarometer (EB) surveys, we revisit the issue by analyzing the...

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Growth and poverty in Africa : shifting fortunes and new perspectives

Shimeles, Abebe - 2014

Growth has been high and widespread in the last decade in Africa. Whether this shift in Africa's fortune has impacted poverty has been a subject of controversy. This paper brings into focus recent evidence on the pace of poverty reduction in Africa and addresses whether or not previously held...

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