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A European minimum wage : implications for poverty and macroeconomic imbalances

Detragiache, Enrica; Ebeke, Christian; Jirasavetakul, … - 2020

A hypothetical European Minimum Wage (MW) set at 60 percent of each country's median wage would reduce in-work poverty but have limited effects on overall poverty, as many poor households do not earn a wage near MW and higher unemployment, higher prices, and a loss of social insurance benefits...

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Target2 imbalances and poverty in the Eurozone

Canale, Rosaria Rita; Liotti, G. - In: Journal of evolutionary economics 32 (2022) 5, pp. 1395-1417

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Against the Troika : crisis and austerity in the eurozone

Flassbeck, Heiner; Lapabitsas, Kōstas - 2015

"On the 25th January 2015, the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance--not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe. The radical party Syriza was elected and austerity and the neoliberal agenda challenged. Suddenly it seems as if there is an alternative. But what? The...

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Nur Deutschland kann den Euro retten : der letzte Akt beginnt

Flassbeck, Heiner; Lapabitsas, Kōstas - 2015

Das Urteil ist vernichtend, das der renommierte Ökonom und langjährige Chefvolkswirt der UN-Organisation für Handel und Entwicklung (UNCTAD) Heiner Flassbeck (zuletzt ID-G 27/14) und sein Kollege und Syriza-Abgeordneter C. Lapavitsas über die Lage der europäischen Wirtschafts- und...

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Working but Poor: A Reassessment

Delhausse, Bernard - 1995

It is widely held that people who work have no difficulty in avoiding poverty and guaranteeing their family a decent standard of living. This idea has proved false, as many authors have shown that the ranks of the poor are filled with active people, sometimes even working full time. But,...

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Doing Poorly: The Real Income of American Children in a Comparative Perspective

Rainwater, Lee; Smeeding, Timothy Michael - 1995

This paper investigates the real living standards and poverty status of United States children in the 1990's compared to the children in 17 other nations, including Europe, Scandinavia, Canada and Australia. We find that American low-income children have lower real spendable income than do...

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Long Run Trends in Economic Inequality in Five Countries - A Birth Cohort View

Osberg, Lars - 2000

This paper examines the level and distribution of equivalent after tax, after transfer money income in Canada, the USA … countries studied differ in the trends observed in aggregate income, poverty, polarization and income inequality. In the USA and … gains of the top decile of the UK and the USA had been transferred to the bottom decile, poverty in both countries in 1994 …

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Poverty in Canada and the USA: Measurement, Trends and Implications

Osberg, Lars - 2000

This paper begins by asking how poverty in affluent countries should be measured, before examining recent evidence on poverty intensity and its social significance. Section 1 advocates use of the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon index of poverty intensity and introduces the 'Poverty Box' as a summary...

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United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context

Smeeding, Timothy M.; Rainwater, Lee; Burtless, Gary - 2000

In this paper we use cross-national comparisons made possible by the LIS to examine America's experience in maintaining a low poverty rate. We compare the effectiveness of United States antipoverty policies to that of similar polices elsewhere in the industrialized world. If lessons can be...

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To What Extent Do Family Policy and Social Assistance Transfers Equitably Reduce the Intensity of Child Poverty? A Comparison between the US, France, Great Britain and Luxembourg

Jeandidier, Bruno; Albiser, Etienne - 2001

Children do not control their socio-economic situation; they benefit or suffer from their parents' situation. In north European countries major social transfer schemes, depending on the presence of dependent children, answer to multiple objectives (birth rate support, reduced inequality in the...

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