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- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … the proxy-means-tested benefits are the most effective in reducing the poverty gap index, a simple categorical benefit is …
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- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three … benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by considering two different crisis scenarios, the COVID-19 pandemic … the proxy-means-tested benefits are the most effective in reducing the poverty gap index, a simple categorical benefit is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477524
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319772
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …. -- prospect theory ; poverty ; inequality ; welfare measurement ; vulnerability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009691049
This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047840
. Further, the reduction of poverty is typically the expressed goal of such countries, and this feature is also taken into … of private and public goods for the poverty minimization case, and compare the results to those derived under a general … to pay attention to when designing poverty alleviation policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418605
. Further, the reduction of poverty is typically the expressed goal of such countries, and this feature is also taken into … of private and public goods for the poverty minimization case, and compare the results to those derived under a general … to pay attention to when designing poverty alleviation policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280723
The COVID-19 pandemic increased public debt and changed the income distribution in many countries. We use a numerical simulation approach to derive optimal nonlinear marginal tax rates for the pre-crisis and crisis periods. We contribute to the literature by examining optimal tax rates...
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How does the public provision of education and the deployment of distortionary tax and subsidy instruments differ when the government's objective is conventional welfarist compared to when the objective is the non-welfarist one of equality of opportunity? This paper develops a framework in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146507
How does the public provision of education and the deployment of distortionary tax and subsidy instruments differ when the government's objective is conventional welfarist compared to when the objective is the non-welfarist one of equality of opportunity? This paper develops a framework in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986968