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Dynamic linkages between poverty, inequality, crime, and social expenditures in a panel of 16 countries : two‑step GMM estimates
Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Yousaf, Zahid; Nassani, … - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 9 (2020) 43, pp. 1-25
The study examines the relationship between growth-inequality-poverty (GIP) triangle and crime rate under the premises … that there is (i) no/flat relationship between per capita income and crime rate; (ii) U-shaped relationship between poverty … decrease crime rate. Crime rate substantially increases income inequality while health expenditures decrease poverty headcount …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256576
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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239
The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting...
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Income distribution in Germany : real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190
remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …
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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic
Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133
Both wages and needs-adjusted household income increased by ten percent between 2013 and 2018, benefiting all income groups. Wage inequality has been declining for many years and has now again reached the level of the early 2000s. At the same time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012542236
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Dynamic linkages between poverty, inequality, crime, and social expenditures in a panel of 16 countries: Two-step GMM estimates
Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Yousaf, Zahid; Nassani, … - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 43, pp. 1-25
The study examines the relationship between growth-inequality-poverty (GIP) triangle and crime rate under the premises … that there is (i) no/flat relationship between per capita income and crime rate; (ii) U-shaped relationship between poverty … decrease crime rate. Crime rate substantially increases income inequality while health expenditures decrease poverty headcount …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013288320
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Tax structure for consumption and income inequality: An empirical assessment
Alves, José; Afonso, António - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 10 (2019) 3/4, pp. 337-364
In this study, we assess the relationship between several tax items and consumption and income inequality levels. For OECD countries between 1980 and 2015, we use panel data techniques and find tax threshold values regarding inequality levels and consumption. In particular, we obtain threshold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496147
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Tax structure for consumption and income inequality : an empirical assessment
Alves, José; Afonso, António - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 10 (2019) 3/4, pp. 337-364
In this study, we assess the relationship between several tax items and consumption and income inequality levels. For OECD countries between 1980 and 2015, we use panel data techniques and find tax threshold values regarding inequality levels and consumption. In particular, we obtain threshold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179237
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The relationship between growth and poverty in forecasting framework: Pakistan's future in the year 2035
Zaman, Khalid; Khilji, Bashir Ahmad - In: Economic Modelling 30 (2013) C, pp. 468-491
Forecasting poverty in the future is mostly a matter of forecasting economic growth. The objective of the study is to … examine the inter-temporal link between growth and poverty in Pakistan, over the next 25years period i.e., from the years 2011 … test the temporal causality among poverty measures (i.e., head count ratio, poverty gap and squared poverty gap), growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010608240
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Poverty trends during two recessions and two recoveries: Lessons from Sweden 1991-2013
Jonsson, Jan O.; Mood, Carina; Bihagen, Erik - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 3, pp. 1-20
We study cross-sectional and long-term poverty in Sweden over a period spanning two recessions, and discuss changes in … the policy context. We find large increases in absolute poverty and deprivation during the 1990's recession but much … smaller increases in 2008-2010. While increases in non-employment contributed to increasing poverty in the 1990's, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991885
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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic
Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133
Both wages and needs-adjusted household income increased by ten percent between 2013 and 2018, benefiting all income groups. Wage inequality has been declining for many years and has now again reached the level of the early 2000s. At the same time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590709