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Despite a sizable population and modest status as a low middle-income country, Vietnam has recorded a low COVID-19 fatality rate that rivals those of richer countries with far larger spending on health. We offer an early review of the emerging literatures in public health and economics on the...
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School closures during the 2020 pandemic forced countries to rapidly adopt distance learning, with uncertain effects on education inequalities. Using PISA 2018 data from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, we find that students unable to learn remotely, because of a lack of ICT...
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Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was estimated in the past literature are the motivation for our … research. First we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then examine how changes in inequality …
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effects of the crisis on the level and the structure of aggregate inequality and poverty using the data of EU-SILC for the … period 2007-2014. The results show that inequality rose but the magnitude of the change varies across indices. The recorded … contribution of disparities between educational groups to aggregate inequality declined while that of disparities between socio …
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This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering …
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This study reexamines the relationship between economic growth and inequality, challenging the conventional view that … regards inequality solely as an impediment to development. While recognizing the essential role of economic growth in … growth. We explore how inequality interplays with pressing global challenges like climate change and pandemics, areas that …
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This study provides evidence on the trends and drivers of inequality in Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard … Surveys. We find that inequality, regardless of the choice of welfare indicators and inequality measurements, has been stable … in Vietnam. Inequality in income or expenditure is remarkably lower than inequality in assets. In 2016, the Gini …
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Why does inequality vary across societies? We advance the hypothesis that in a mar- ket economy, where earning … differentials re ect variations in productive traits among individuals, a significant component of the differences in inequality …-of-Africa migration. Exploring the roots of inequality within the US population, we find supporting evidence for our hypothesis: variation …
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This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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inequality among Italian employees. Specifically, a change from low to high WFH attitude would determine a 10% wage premium on … coronavirus. …
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