2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … average incomes surged from 2017 to 2018 they were still below their peak in 2014. More than 80% of all income growth between … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …

of a sufficient amount of income. However, some scholars argue that an income-based measure of poverty can sufficiently … first time we were able to conduct a comparative analysis between income and multidimensional poverty, relying on the same … income and multidimensional poverty and even conducted in different years. Building on recent data for 92 countries, our …

In normative public economics it is crucial to know how fast the marginal utility of income declines as income …, using a number of assumptions, we are able to estimate the elasticity of marginal utility with respect to income. We obtain …

countries. In order to do so, we exploit the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, its special module on …

expenditure, an increase in per capita monthly spending and a decrease in income poverty of households. The findings reveal a …) on rice farmers` productivity and welfare in Northern Ghana. The study used survey data collected from beneficiaries and …. The results indicate an insignificant increase in income levels from rice production, but a significant reduction in farm …

Welfare caseloads in North America halved following reforms in the 1990s and 2000s. We study how this shift affected … families by linking Canadian welfare records to tax returns, medical spending, educational attainment, and crime data. We find … substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects …

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty …