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tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place … between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with … yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We …
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paper, we utilize Consumption Dominance curve techniques to analyse the impact of marginal indirect tax changes on poverty … marginal tax changes which will reduce poverty for some selected commodities over a broad class of poverty measures and poverty …
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paper, we utilize Consumption Dominance curve techniques to analyse the impact of marginal indirect tax changes on poverty … marginal tax changes which will reduce poverty for some selected commodities over a broad class of poverty measures and poverty …
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This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … relationship between Lorenz, welfare, and inequality orderings. The second section, on poverty, deals with the identification and … aggregation exercises; properties of poverty indices; some specific poverty measures; the problem of plurality and unambiguous …
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The aim of the article is to assess the impact of taxes on poverty and inequality in Ukraine and provide … recommendations on how taxation should be used to address problems of inequality and poverty. The research methodology is based on a … taxation and social spending on inequality and poverty in individual countries. The dataset consists of data from the World …
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This article analyzes the behavioral effects of cash transfer programs when jobless people need to have access to a minimum consumption level. Our model reconciles recent evidence about negligible or favorable effects of cash transfers on job-finding rates and the more standard view of negative...
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A plethora of what are loosely described as social and political indicators of well-being exist. Both the range and country coverage of these indicators has increased appreciably in recent years. In this paper we ask what contribution these indicators can make towards our understanding of human...
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household thresholds. MIQ thresholds are higher than MSQ thresholds. Both are higher than U.S. official poverty thresholds, and …
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comparisons are based on CE data. Results using official poverty thresholds are shown for comparison. This is among the earliest … considered minimum or basic. Results reveal that CE and SIPP MIQ thresholds are higher than MSQ thresholds, and resulting poverty …
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