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about the future, and attitudes about redistribution. We find that women, non-college educated, the unemployed, and those in …
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on the demand and supply side have weakened redistribution over time and contributed to a new wave of populism. We …
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This paper discusses how the structure of the tax system affects its progressivity. It suggests a measure of progressive capacity of tax systems, based on the Kakwani index, but independent of pre-tax income distributions. Using this and other progressivity measures, the paper (i) documents a...
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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 …
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This paper provides evidence on the impact of major epidemics from the past two decades on income distribution. The pandemics in our sample, even though much smaller in scale than COVID-19, have led to increases in the Gini coefficient, raised the income share of higher-income deciles, and...
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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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as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as … hypothesize that income inequality likely has increased due to the pandemic. Policies aiming at reducing inequality in the labor …
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In this paper we analyze the dynamics among past major pandemics, economic growth, inequality, and social unrest. We … increase in social unrest by reducing output and increasing inequality. We also find that higher social unrest, in turn, is … associated with lower ourput and higher inequality, pointing to a vicious cycle. Our results suggest that without policy measures …
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The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is … to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, which was already high and rising in Asia before the pandemic …
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This paper discusses the definition and modelling of a universal basic income (UBI). After clarifying the debate about what a UBI is and presenting the arguments in favor and against, an analytical approach for its assessment is proposed. The adoption of a UBI as a policy tool is discussed with...
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