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Poverty and Social Structure in Russia : An Analysis of the First Decade of Transition
Cerami, Alfio - 2019
This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade of Russian transition; (2 to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3) to identify the most vulnerable groups of transition; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746435
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Shifting tax burden to top income earners : what is the best way to reduce inequality?
Onrubia, Jorge; Picos, Fidel; Rodado, María del Carmen - 2019
The authors analyze to what extent and how the tax burden should be shifted towards top income earners in order to reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient revisited 1993) and Alvaredo (A note on the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990914
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Shifting tax burden to top income earners : what is the best way to reduce inequality?
Onrubia, Jorge; Picos, Fidel; Rodado, María del Carmen - 2019
The authors analyze to what extent and how the tax burden should be shifted towards top income earners in order to reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient revisited 1993) and Alvaredo (A note on the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110760
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Reform proposal for marriage taxation in Germany : de facto income splitting with a low transferable amount
Bach, Stefan; Fischer, Björn; Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 41/42, pp. 423-432
Two traditional options for reforming Ehegattensplitting, the joint taxation of married couples with full income splitting, are de facto income splitting (Realsplitting) or individual taxation with a transferable personal allowance. However, these proposals do not significantly reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301541
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Is poverty in the African DNA (gene)?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
A 2015 World Bank report on attainment of Millennium Development Goals concludes that the number of extremely poor has dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408502
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Is Poverty in the African DNA (Gene)?
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
A 2015 World Bank report on attainment of Millennium Development Goals concludes that the number of extremely poor has dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971855
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Fertility in Developing Countries
Schultz, T. Paul - 2007
The associations between fertility and outcomes in the family and society have been treated as causal, but this is inaccurate if fertility is a choice coordinated by families with other life-cycle decisions, including labour supply of mothers and children, child human capital, and savings....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050759
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Essays in empirical development and education economics
Lange, Simon - 2015
This dissertation includes three empirical essays on development economics and one on the economics of education. The first essay (co-authored by Stephan Klasen) is a contribution to the debate surrounding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the on-going debate about what international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349599
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Livestock asset dynamics among pastoralists in Northern Kenya
Mburu, Samuel Kahumu; Kaiser, Micha; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2017
the livestock asset dynamics using both non-parametric and semi-parametric techniques to establish the shape of the asset … accumulation path and to determine whether multiple equilibria exist. More specifically, using tropical livestock units as a … measure of livestock accumulation over time, we show not only that these assets converge to a single equilibrium but that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729157
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Socioeconomic burden of trypanosomiasis : evidence from crop and livestock production in Ethiopia
Abro, Zewdu; Fetene, Gebeyehu Manie; Kassie, Menale; … - In: Journal of agricultural economics : JAE 74 (2023) 3, pp. 785-799
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