the top. Wealth remains remarkably absent from the analysis of poverty and the redistributive effectiveness of welfare … of financial need among the elderly – a segment of society that is at a relatively high risk of income poverty – also … of these findings for anti-poverty and redistributive policies …

extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …

exposed prenatally to TRI pollution have lower wages, are more likely to be in poverty as adults, have fewer years of …

are greater among urban households. However, more poor people in India live in villages, so rural poverty impacts are …

In-work poverty became a prominent policy issue in the United States long before the term itself acquired any meaning … much in-work poverty is there in the United States? How does the US compare to other rich democracies? Has America's in …-work poverty rate changed over time? Who are the in-work poor? What are the main drivers of levels and changes in in-work poverty …

poverty of households with U.S. citizen children by 4 percent. The effect is robust to a number of identification tests …

individuals' incidences to be trapped in poverty. We also provide simulation evidence confirming that our procedures work well …

This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We …

We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …

the literature on executive pay: the manager power hypothesis and the efficient pay hypothesis. We find support for the … manager power hypothesis for Germany as executives tend to be rewarded when the sector is doing well rather than the firm they …