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A representação social do estudo e do trabalho na vida cotidiana de jovens de classes populares
Silva, Enid Rocha Andrade; Rezende, Valéria - 2021
In this article, we analyze the role of work and study activities in the daily lives of young people aged 18 to 24, who live in low-income families in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. The dream of continuing to study or resuming the trajectory of studies is present as a central element in the...
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Heterogeneous labor earning shock process in finite horizon
Rahman, Md. Arifur - 2017
This paper investigates the importance of heterogeneity in the labor earning shock processes. We analyze the earning shock process for both male and female workers in several countries. We argue that unlike time series analysis, in a life cycle model the forecasting horizon is finite and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060306
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How redistributive policies reduce market inequality: Education premiums in 22 OECD countries
Weisstanner, David; Armingeon, Klaus - 2018
premium levels and changes within countries. For the literature on income inequality, these findings imply the need to pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060319
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Reforma tributária e federalismo fiscal: Uma análise das propostas de criação de um novo imposto sobre o valor adicionado para o Brasil
Orair, Rodrigo Octávio; Gobetti, Sérgio Wulff - 2019
This paper analyses two tax reform bills that are being discussed at the Brazilian National Congress, by comparing them and pointing their advantages and drawbacks. Moreover, the paper provides four empirical contributions to the debate: i) neutral rate estimates for the new Goods and Services...
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O valor de mercado da educação pública
Soares, Sergei - 2019
from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616431
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Labour income, social transfers and child poverty
Bradbury, Bruce; Jäntti, Markus; Lindahl, Lena - 2017
This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725498
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Diverging destinies in international perspective: Education, single motherhood, and child poverty
Härkönen, Juho - 2017
social inequality. In this study, I used data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to describe trends in educational … amplify differences in child poverty by maternal education. The prevalence of single motherhood has increased in almost all of … particularly among the least educated. Educational differences in single motherhood can amplify differences in child poverty by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725504
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Educação, desigualdade e redução da pobreza no Brasil
Medeiros, Marcelo C.; Barbosa, Rogério J.; Carvalhaes, … - 2019
inequality and income poverty in Brazil. We use data from three censuses and 35 national household surveys (PNAD). The … reduce inequality and poverty and only a significant scale-up of university education would lead to much lower levels of … inequality and poverty. The growth required to have made that possible would have been impressive. Such a reduction could also …
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