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well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis … that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income … group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the …
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This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...
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We analyze the role played by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in alleviating or exacerbating inequality across racial and ethnic groups in food expenditures and in the resources needed to meet basic food needs (the "food resource gap"). To do this, we propose a simple...
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We study whether the model minority stereotype about Asian Americans (e.g., hard-working, intelligent) reduces people's attention to inequality that adversely affects Asians. In a nationally representative US sample (N=3,257), we find that around 90% of the participants either moderately or...
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To describe and understand the economic inequality in a given so- ciety, it is necessary to understand intra-household inequality. House- holds can hide important inequalities, but can also be essential units for redistribution in society. This paper gives an overview of within- household...
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judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and …
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Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument – the …
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Longitudinal Monitoring Surveys over the past two decades spanning this transition. We find rising income levels and decreasing … staying in the formal sector is statistically significantly associated with reduced downward mobility and increased income … growth. However, a similar transition from the private sector to the public sector is negatively associated with income …
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measures. It finds that the main source of negative disposable incomes is negative self-employment income, and that high tax …, or even better, than other households in terms of material wellbeing. By contrast, zero-income households are found to be …
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labour income distribution in Italy. Results show that increasing WFH attitudes of occupations would lead to a rise of wage …
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