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In this paper we examine the possible distributional impacts of new trade barriers associated with the new Trade and Cooperation Agreement governing relations between the UK and EU after Brexit. We use a model of labour demand that incorporates input-output links across industries, and that...
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We examine the distributional consequences of post-Brexit trade barriers on wages in the UK. We quantify changes in trade costs across industries accounting for input-output links across domestic industries and global value chains. We allow for demand substitution by firms and consumers and...
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by personal inequality, capital intensity and trade, while the Gini statistic is fueled by the falling labour share and … inequality, although financialisation is the most important factor in absolute terms. In the post-Great Recession years of tense …
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modeled. We find that discretionary fiscal policy measures in Austria are key to counteracting the inequality- and poverty …
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The question of whether changes in income inequality affect CO2 emissions remains a topic of debate at both theoretical …
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We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the 25 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on the … some decline in income inequality across the middle 90% of the distribution. In the past decade, key trends turned around …
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In this paper we use administrative data from the social security to study income dynamics and income risk inequality … inversely related to income and age, and income risk inequality increases markedly in the recession. These findings are robust …
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We use new, high-quality UK panel data to document the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic at an individual level, from April 2020 to March 2021. We focus on where and to what extent pre-existing labour market and financial inequalities have been exacerbated. Our story is more nuanced than...
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inequality from 2005 to 2016 at the monthly frequency. We investigate the dynamic relationship between monetary policy and the … evolution of wealth inequality measures. Our findings suggest that expansionary monetary policy shocks lead to an increase in … wealth inequality and contributed significantly to its fluctuations. This effect is heterogenous across the wealth …
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heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …
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