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Structural racism, family structure, and black-white inequality in poverty : the differential impact of the legacy of slavery among single mother & married parent households
Baker, Regina S.; O'Connell, Heather A. - 2022
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 … structural factors. Yet, structural factors, like the legacy of slavery, may be key to understanding how race and family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337616
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Poverty and place in North America : overview
Bane, Mary Jo (contributor); Zenteno, René M. (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335855
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The historical racial regime and racial inequality in poverty in the American South
Baker, Regina S. - 2021
measure of the historical racial regime (HRR), and examines how HRR influences contemporary poverty and racial inequality in … contemporary poverty and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012887828
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Creators' income situation in the digital age
Cuntz, Alexander - 2018
The digital transformation imposes both opportunities and risks for creativity and for creative employment, with implications for trends in income levels and the distribution of income. First, we consider skill-biased technological change as a determinant of income and labor market outcomes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011961140
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Taxation and self-employment
Bárány, Zsófia L. - 2017
In this paper I theoretically show that if the self-employed evade income taxes, then the choice of being self-employed is more sensitive to the tax rates on wages than to tax rates on income from self-employment. Using variation in the statutory tax rates across countries, industries, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758403
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The double role of ethnic heterogeneity in explaining welfare-state generosity
Jäntti, Markus; Jaynes, Gerald David; Roemer, John E. - 2014
Based on theoretical models of budget-balanced social insurance and individual choice, we argue that in addition to the well-known empathy mechanism whereby ethnic heterogeneity undermines sentiments of solidarity among a citizenry to reduce welfare generosity, population heterogeneity affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436543
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Why are immigrants and ethnic minorities more affected by working poverty? : theoretical framework and empirical evidence across welfare regimes
Crettaz, Eric - 2011
country of birth (and of 'race' in the US) is assessed, when the main working poverty factors and the main forms of labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010217860
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Inflation and the rich after the global financial crisis
Jovanovic, Branimir - 2014
episodes in order to prevent rising income inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374488
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Pension income inequality : a cohort study in six European countries
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422868
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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies : Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015
different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465441