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Moving Policies Toward Racial and Ethnic Equality: The Case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Jales, Hugo B.; Liu, Judith; … - 2023
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001743
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Do beliefs in the model minority stereotype reduce attention to inequality that adversely affects Asian Americans?
Chen, Shuai; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Wiese, Juliane - 2024
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560209
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Understanding inequality within households
Almås, Ingvild; Ringdal, Charlotte; Hoem Sjursen, Ingrid - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649289
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The evolution of tax implicit value judgements, redistribution and income inequality in the UK: 1968 to 2015
van de Ven, Justin; Hérault, Nicolas - 2019
judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019325
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Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051605
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Inequality and Welfare Dynamics in the Russian Federation during 1994-2015
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lokshin, Michael M.; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011954395
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All that glitters is not gold. Effects of working from home on income inequality at the time of COVID-19
Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2020
labour income distribution in Italy. Results show that increasing WFH attitudes of occupations would lead to a rise of wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213184
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What accounts for the rising share of women in the top 1%?
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, … - 2020
The share of women in the top 1% of the UK’s income distribution has been growing over the last two decades (as in … their greater increases (relative to men) in the number of years spent in full-time education. Although most top income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228199
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The Distributional Impact of Recurrent Immovable Property Taxation in Greece
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Kanavitsa, Eleni; Leventi, Chrysa; … - 2020
distribution and poverty indices that are sensitive to the distribution of income among the poor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244631
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012406274