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This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
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consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …
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This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …
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different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A …
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, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … redistribution further states that inequality will be higher when the first pillar provides flat-rate pensions and will be the lowest …), inequality is higher than in Belgium (wage coupled pension) when calculated on the basis of pension income. When disposable …
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As health care costs rise, so too does the importance of assessing their incidence, and factoring these costs into measures of post-government income distribution. This paper contributes to this assessment by calculating the effect of government policy on the distribution of income by adjusting...
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Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …
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Objective: To assess whether an indicator of structural racism - the legacy of slavery - impacts racial inequality in … inequality in poverty. This overemphasis on an 'individual-level' variable results in relatively less attention to the role of …) relates to Black-White inequality in poverty among single mother households and among married with children households in the …
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The isograph methodology is developed here with associated distributions, indicators of inequality, additional results … inequality analyses with a larger conceptualization of "morphology of inequality," not reduced to a Gini (or the like) measure. …
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Previous research has highlighted the disadvantaged position immigrants often face in the economy, particularly when it comes to labor market outcomes such as employment or earnings. Extending this literature, the present study evaluates the economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not...
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