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ended in late 2020. The challenge will be to avoid a sharp increase in poverty and inequality if the labor market does not … decline in earnings, extreme poverty and the Gini coefficient based on labor income increased by around 9.2 and 5 percentage … than offset the labor income losses for the bottom four deciles, however, such that poverty relative to the pre …
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claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition …
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which carbon pricing can potentially affect poverty and inequality. It finds that the channels differ in important ways …Addressing the poverty and distributional impacts of carbon pricing reforms is critical for the success of ambitious …
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to significant and persistent reductions in disposable income, along with increases in unemployment, income inequality …, which be associated with an increase in poverty of about 75 million people. Policy responses more effective than those in …
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role of social assistance and commodity boom in Brazil, and the inequality puzzle in Egypt. The paper finds that there is a …
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detrimental medium-term effects on output, unemployment, poverty, and inequality. However, policies can go a long way toward … relatively greater fiscal support. The increases in unemployment, poverty, and inequality are likewise lower for countries with …
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This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, id est in support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy,...
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inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find … evidence of only a small decline in inequality over this period. The observed decline may be attributed to government transfers …
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Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and … empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The … evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on …
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