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Higher inequality in Latin America : a collateral effect of the pandemic

Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Cota, María José - 2022

This study explores the evolution of inequality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic using primary data … available from household and employment surveys collected in 2020. Inequality increased on average by 2 percent between 2019 and … 2020, twice the average annual growth in the inequality indicator that marked the decade of growing inequality in the 1990s …

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Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income

Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Prowse, Victoria; … - 2023

-cycle model, we determine that taxes and transfers offset 45% of lifetime earnings inequality attributed to differences in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419242

Armoederisico's en inkomensongelijkheid tot 2070 : projecties van het gereviseerde dynamische microsimulatiemodel MIDAS 2.0

Dekkers, Gijs J. M.; Desmet, Raphael; Van den Bosch, Karel - 2023

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Labour supply disincentives of income support : an analysis of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK

Soobedar, Zeenat - 2009

This paper examines the labour supply disincentives of the Income Support system among single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. It uses a regression discontinuity approach that exploits the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose...

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Disability benefits : a substitute for income support for single mothers with no qualifications in the UK

Soobedar, Zeenat - 2009

This paper examines the impact of the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose youngest child turns 16 on the disability benefits welfare participation decision of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. Using the age...

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Credit policy for agriculture in India : an evaluation ; supporting Indian farms the smart way ; rationalising subsidies and investments for faster, inclusive and sustainable growt...

Hoda, Anwarul; Terway, Prerna - 2015

Rural indebtedness and dependence on private moneylenders is an age-old problem in India. For more than 100 years now, the Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India have been making efforts to enhance institutional credit in rural areas particularly to assist in agricultural operations....

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Mind the gap : bridging the perception of crime rates with information

Ardanaz, Martin; Corbacho, Ana; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - 2014

Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of security. Through a survey experiment carried out in...

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Local electoral rewards from centralized social programs : are mayors getting the credit?

Rodríguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2015

This paper uses variation in the timing of the Mexican antipoverty program's introduction across municipalities to identify its impact on the share of votes for the local incumbent party. Evidence is found that voters reward the mayor's party for the central benefit to their constituencies,...

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Do education and health conditions matter in a large cash transfer? : evidence from a Honduran experiment

Benedetti, Fiorella; Ibarrarán, Pablo; McEwan, Patrick J. - 2015

The paper analyzes a new Honduran conditional cash transfer experiment (Bono 10,000) in which 150 poor villages (of 300) were treated. The transfers were much larger in size than an earlier experiment (Galiani & McEwan, 2013), but yielded smaller full-sample effects on school enrollment, child...

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More schooling and more learning? : effects of a three-year conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua after 10 years

Barham, Tania Catherine Jane; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, … - 2013

CCT programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs, leave little doubt that such programs can increase enrollment and grades attained––in the short term. But evidence is notably lacking...

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