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, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … inequality in income is higher for men than for women both in Belgium and in the Netherlands. In order to minimize poverty and …) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women …
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In this article, we analyze the role of work and study activities in the daily lives of young people aged 18 to 24, who live in low-income families in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. The dream of continuing to study or resuming the trajectory of studies is present as a central element in the...
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premium levels and changes within countries. For the literature on income inequality, these findings imply the need to pay …
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The seemingly upward trend in opting out from public services and the segregation of income groups in public and private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the...
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This paper analyses two tax reform bills that are being discussed at the Brazilian National Congress, by comparing them and pointing their advantages and drawbacks. Moreover, the paper provides four empirical contributions to the debate: i) neutral rate estimates for the new Goods and Services...
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from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …
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reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …
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The standard poverty lines applied in empirical research tend to be problematic in terms of validity, reliability, ease … related to actual differences in the 'production of poverty' in 11 countries, as measured by the generalised budget approach … substantially higher degree of poverty than representatives of the corporatist type (Belgium, Germany, France). Poverty in the …
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social inequality. In this study, I used data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to describe trends in educational … amplify differences in child poverty by maternal education. The prevalence of single motherhood has increased in almost all of … particularly among the least educated. Educational differences in single motherhood can amplify differences in child poverty by …
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inequality and income poverty in Brazil. We use data from three censuses and 35 national household surveys (PNAD). The … reduce inequality and poverty and only a significant scale-up of university education would lead to much lower levels of … inequality and poverty. The growth required to have made that possible would have been impressive. Such a reduction could also …
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