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This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and …
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This paper analyses how inequality across counties in the United States of America has shaped the impact of the COVID …-level inequality at the start of the pandemic. The results show that more stringent measures to contain the pandemic were instrumental … in driving the incidence of protests, but only in counties with high levels of inequality before the start of the …
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This study investigates the effect of real exchange rate volatility on the distribution of income between labour and … exchange rate volatility is negative. Moreover, high exchange rate volatility impacts negatively on labour's income share …, while low exchange rate volatility impacts positively on labour income. As the magnitude of the effect of high exchange rate …
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A large body of recent quantitative work on the 'diversity detriment' hypothesis finds that ethno-religious diversity is linked with a host of societal ills, implying in turn a strong challenge to multiculturalist theory and policies. Given the stakes, the appropriate conceptualization and...
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The paper analyses the changes in tax policy, tax/GDP ratios, tax incidence and income inequality which have taken … to improve the redistributive effect of taxation in the years ahead. -- tax policy ; tax incidence ; income inequality …
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We study the influence of economic inequality on co-operation and aid distribution in community-based development …
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Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation? This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the attitudes and behaviours of the middle class....
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It is widely accepted that the distribution of power between ethnic groups within a country plays a key role in major social, political, and economic outcomes. Researchers working on the topic have various measures of ethnic dominance and exclusion, and other closely related aspects such as...
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societies marked by ethnic inequality. The outcome we investigate is the initiatives and policies targeting Indigenous …
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The Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries. There is a rush to acquire sources of alternative energy and other benefits to meet the growing demand for water and energy, while China and Myanmar have refused to cooperate fully in the Mekong River...
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