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Labor income polarization in greater Buenos Aires
Viollaz, Mariana; Olivieri, Sergio; Alejo, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper presents and analyzes a group of statistics which characterize the level and evolution of the labor income polarization in Greater Buenos Aires over the past two decades (1986-2006). The empirical evidence reveals two stages throughout those years: the first one distinguished by an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114452
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Poverty in Europe and the USA: Exchanging official measurement methods
Notten, Geranda; Neubourg, Chris de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) for the USA, we compare poverty trends in the USA and EU in relative and absolute terms on a … has the tradition and the practice to use relative poverty as “official” poverty estimates (Common Laeken indicators); the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790223
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Objectivizing the Subjective: Measuring Subjective Wellbeing
Pillai N., Vijayamohanan; B. P., Asalatha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Wellbeing has always eluded definition, and the elusive definition, in turn, has denuded the concept of an objective measure. Attempts at an objective measure have brought out two basic methodological alternatives. The first, objective, measure has come out as the famous Physical Quality of Life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114185
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Redistributive effect of personal income taxation in Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper studies the redistribution effect of personal income tax in Pakistan. We decompose the overall tax system in order to evaluate the contribution of rate, allowances, deductions, exemptions and credits. The structure given in Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, is applied to gross household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078647
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Políticas de inclusión social para los grupos etarios más vulnerables: Plan de Inclusión Previsional y Asignación Universal por Hijos para Protección Social
Calabria, Alejandro A.; Calero, Analía Verónica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyzes two social protection policies implemented in Argentina, with emphasis on those most vulnerable people: the `Plan de Inclusión Previsional´ (2005) for the elderly and the `Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social´ (2009), aimed to children and adolescents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401078
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Análisis de la cobertura previsional del Sistema Integrado Previsional Argentino (SIPA): protección, inclusión e igualdad
Calabria, Alejandro A.; Calero, Analía Verónica; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The coverage rate of elderly people in Argentina has faced a declining tendency since the late ’90. With the aim to face this problem, in 2005 it was implemented the Plan de Inclusión Previsional which allowed elderly people to join a facility plan of payment to access to previsional benefit....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422022
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Transferencias condicionadas de ingreso en Argentina: la Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social
Calabria, Alejandro A.; Calero, Analía Verónica; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The recent implementation of the Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social in Argentina, which aim is to fight against short term poverty and promote investment in human capital, has generated a broad debate in society. This paper analyzes the impact of this program on poverty and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422030
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Relative Deprivation in China
Chen, Xi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Relative deprivation (RD), also known as relative poverty , an idea implicitly put forward by Adam Smith in The Wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260168
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Relative or absolute poverty in the US and EU? The battle of the rates
Notten, Geranda; Neubourg, Chris de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
US poverty is much higher than poverty in Europe when a relative poverty measure is used. Using an absolute poverty … relative approach, while other differences are related to aspects common to both absolute and relative poverty measurement but … for all the countries of the (old) EU and the USA applying the official measurement methods of the United States (absolute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836184
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The policy relevance of absolute and relative poverty headcounts: What's in a number?
Notten, Geranda; de Neubourg, Chris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
based on a relative concept. But the consequences of such a decision are considerable. As absolute and relative poverty … to study the policy relevance of using either an absolute or a relative indicator. We find significant differences … important enough to support monitoring poverty and the related social and economic policies, using both relative and absolute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619764