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Generational aspects of inclusive growth
Baduel, Bénédicte; Isakova, Asel; Ter-Martirosyan, Anna - 2021
Sharing economic benefits equitably across all segments of society includes addressing the specific challenges of different generations. At present, youth and elderly are particularly vulnerable to poverty relative to adults in their middle years. Broad-based policies should aim to foster youth...
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India : Is the Rising Tide Lifting All Boats?
Topalova, Petia - 2008
While many have celebrated India''s accelerating economic growth, some have expressed concern about the distributional impacts of the growth process. Cognizant of the vulnerability of its large population below poverty, India''s authorities have made faster and more inclusive economic growth the...
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Employment Effects of Growth Rebalancing in China
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China''s exportoriented growth model toward … employment and employment opportunities in the longer term, there could be employment losses in the short run as the economy … policies to cushion the employment impact in the transition, particularly in meeting the skills gap of associated with this …
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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis
Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021
Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...
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Trade, jobs, and inequality
Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021
This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …
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Manufacturing jobs and inequality : why is the U.S. experience different?
Novta, Natalija; Pugacheva, Evgenia - 2019
We examine the extent to which declining manufacturing employment may have contributed to increasing inequality in …
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Rent Seeking and Endogenous Income Inequality
Wade, Paul - 2001
This paper studies the relationship between wealth inequality and occupational choice between rent-seeking and production. With imperfect credit markets and a fixed cost to rent-seeking, only wealthy agents choose to engage in rent-seeking as it enables them to protect their wealth from...
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Finance, growth, and inequality
Levine, Ross - 2021
Finance and growth emerged as a distinct field of economics during the last three decades as economists integrated the fields of finance and economic growth and then explored the ramifications of the functioning of financial systems on economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. In this...
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Links between growth, inequality, and poverty : a survey
Cerra, Valerie; Lama C., Ruy; Loayza, Norman - 2021
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...
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Tax policy and inclusive growth
Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2020
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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