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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

Heshmati, Almas - 2014

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …

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The Effects of Lifetime Work Experience on Incidence and Severity of Elderly Poverty in Korea

Chae, Seyoung - 2017

This study investigates the characteristics that contribute to elderly poverty, mainly focusing on individuals …' lifetime work experience. It adopts the heterogeneous relative poverty line which differs by gender, province of residence and … Study's survey data for 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. The objective is to estimate poverty amongst elderly and explain its …

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Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Employment : Evidence from the Post-Welfare Reform Era

Neumark, David - 2007

We study the effects of minimum wages and the EITC in the post-welfare reform era. For the minimum wage, the evidence points to disemployment effects that are concentrated among young minority men. For young women, there is little evidence that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception...

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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research : With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - 2008

commercialization and transfer of technologies, and increased income inequality and concentration of severe poverty in certain regions …

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Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships : A Cross Country Evidence

Neutel, Marcel - 2014

In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new … analysis show that there is a significant relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality. Globalisation … leads to poverty reduction and it reduces income inequality. The relationship between globalisation and poverty remains …

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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Sun, Peng - 2010

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...

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The Effects of Living Wage Laws on Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income Families : What Do We Know Now?

Neumark, David - 2013

in urban poverty …

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Simulating the Economic Impacts of Living Wage Mandates Using New Public and Administrative Data : Evidence for New York City

Neumark, David - 2013

Policy researchers often have to estimate the future effect of imposing a policy in a particular location. There is often evidence on the effects of similar policies in other jurisdictions, but no information on the effects of the policy in the jurisdiction in question. And the policy may have...

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The Econometrics and Economics of the Employment Effects of Minimum Wages : Getting from Known Unknowns to Known Knowns

Neumark, David - 2018

I discuss the econometrics and the economics of past research on the effects of minimum wages on employment in the United States. My intent is to try to identify key questions raised in the recent literature, and some from the earlier literature, which I think hold the most promise for...

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The Employment Effects of State Hiring Credits

Neumark, David - 2015

State and federal policymakers grappling with the aftermath of the Great Recession sought ways to spur job creation, in many cases adopting hiring credits to encourage employers to create new jobs. However, there is virtually no evidence on the effects of these kinds of counter-recessionary...

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