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Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly …
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inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by large social transfers, but the risk of relative poverty still affects … tackle poverty traps would both reduce inequality and improve the labour supply of residents. Strong activation policies are …Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over …
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Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which … comparison with OECD countries, but it is not strongly enforced. Poverty among pensioners is set to fall in the future with the …
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Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...
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Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which … comparison with OECD countries, but it is not strongly enforced. Poverty among pensioners is set to fall in the future with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552863
In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been … in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the … of other social benefits. A set of new indicators of nationwide inequality, based on household survey data, suggests that …
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paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … overall income inequality masks compensating changes between the lower and upper halves of the income distribution. Also, it … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …
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In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been … in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the … of other social benefits. A set of new indicators of nationwide inequality, based on household survey data, suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444749