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Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …
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Governments face a potential trade-off between provision for the growing population in retirement and the support of working-age households with low income. Using EUROMOD-based microdata from 28 countries, we (a) quantify the redistribution to the pensioner and non-pensioner populations, (b)...
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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 … for poverty and inequality measurement. Methods that assign each household member a per-adult share of household …
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addressing this challenge and providing methods for ethical poverty, welfare, and inequality comparisons with univariate ordered …
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growth, poverty, and inequality. We find that typicalsurvey measures of consumption and income may exaggerate poverty …
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different groups in the UK, and the consequences that these changes have for income inequality and for measures of deprivation … and poverty. This is the 22nd annual report published by IFS authors on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK …
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This paper analyses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on household disposable income and household demand in the European Union (EU), making use of the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD and nowcasting techniques. We show evidence of heterogeneity in the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...
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While there is a growing literature on the impact of climate and weather-related events on migration, little is known about the mitigating effect of different policies directed to the agricultural sector, or aimed at insuring against environmental disasters. This paper uses state-level data on...
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We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home country. Without the opportunity to emigrate abroad people choose their educational investment (and hence their skill level) as we might expect, taking into account the utility...
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