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, evidence on how these institutions shape poverty rates across developed economies remains surprisingly scarce. It would be a … mistake, though, to believe that the relationship between earnings inequalities and poverty is straightforward. Indeed …, whereas earnings inequalities are measured at the individual level, poverty is calculated at the household level using …
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We use the 2012-2018 China Family Panel Studies data to examine the relationship between household energy poverty and … probability of being an entrepreneur. The results are robust to various checks, including alternative measures of energy poverty … estimation methods and potential omitted variable bias. We also explore the channels through which energy poverty influences …
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The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changesthat have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens withadequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on datafor 24 European Union countries,...
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We interpret social transfers broadly as a set of measures to reduce or relieve poverty, and study how well this … the countries for a range of definitions of the poverty threshold. The methods are also applied to two subpopulations of …
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rising poverty. As the crisis gained momentum, the action of automatic stabilisation mechanisms built into the national tax …
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The paper analyzes the effects of individual and household characteristics on current poverty status, while controlling … for initial conditions, past poverty status and unobserved heterogeneity in 14 European Countries for the period 1994 … very important policy implications, since if the former is the main cause of poverty it is of paramount importance to break …
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extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity …
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recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the … welfare state and anti-poverty policies. We then focus on the central plank of the modern welfare state's efforts to address …
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poverty and inequality and avoid exclusion before, during and after periods of economic shocks. To achieve this goal, the … outcomes in core socio-economic outcomes such as poverty and exclusion risks. However, labour market integration shows some …
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analysis in which we control for relevant characteristics. We do find evidence of higher rates of poverty among immigrants … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe …
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