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, affordability of energy among the poorest should receive increasing attention. Measures of fuel poverty and deprivation with respect …
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We show how to minimize the probability of misclassifying individuals as being poor or not poor when data on some of their relevant attributes are missing, but an estimate of the population distribution of attributes is available.
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We give an objective meaning to the concept of taxable capacity and establish a theoretical link between Optimal Taxation Theory (OTT) and the proposals of the Carter and Meade Reports, solving at the same time Kay’s (2008) criticism to both approaches.
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Which groups have particularly low pension entitlements and are therefore most at risk of poverty in old age …, unemployment, raising children or caring for relatives, all of which result in low pensions. Those who are most at risk of poverty …. In other words, those impoverished while young are most likely to remain impoverished into old age. Poverty among the …
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The development of old-age poverty has become an important topic in Germany. Contrary to most studies, a recent report … written by the scientific advisory council at the German Federal Ministry of Economy asserts that old-age poverty will not … problem of old-age poverty, and they plead in favour of further reliable research on the issue. …
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While the risk of poverty increased quite markedly around the turn of the millennium, a further but flatter increase … can be subsequently observed. The development was also accompanied by a stronger increase in the at-risk-of-poverty … which the corona pandemic influenced poverty cannot yet be assessed, as the results published so far are not comparable with …
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Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the …
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By now, there is a wide range of methods to construct multidimensional well-being indices, differing in the way they transform, aggregate and weight the relevant dimensions. This paper uses a fuzzy theory approach to propose a new weighting scheme for the dimensions. These weights play a crucial...
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We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.
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Die Bundesregierung verfolgt in der Wachstumsinitiative das Ziel, die Einwanderung in den Arbeitsmarkt zu stärken. In den ersten drei Jahren sollen 30 %, 20 % und 10 % des Bruttoeinkommens neu zugezogener Fachkräfte steuerfrei gestellt werden. Der Adressatenkreis ist noch nicht exakt...
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