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Mortality Differentials, the Racial and Ethnic Retirement Wealth Gap, and the Great Pandemic
Wolff, Edward N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Using the Survey of Consumer Finances, I find that the Black/white gap in standard net worth widened from 1989 to 2019 but narrowed between Hispanics and (non-Hispanic) whites. When the definition of wealth is expanded to incorporate Social Security and defined benefit pension wealth (both the...
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Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Livelihood system of Bhil Tribe
Tripathy, Saswatik - 2021
Bhils or Bheels are an Indo-Aryan speaking ethnic group in West India. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the … Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages. As of 2013, Bhils were the largest tribal group in India. This study was done to … states on India has an average of only 50 days of Job security through MGNREGA. The wage rate also very low. There is a huge …
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Horizontal inequality, COVID-19, and lockdown readiness : evidence from India
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Kundu, Anustup - 2020
India may influence COVID-19's impact through the differential impact of lockdown policies across caste and religious groups …. India, the second most populous country in the world, is a relevant case for such analysis, not only because it has …
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Mortality differentials, the racial and ethnic retirement wealth gap, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Wolff, Edward N. - In: Journal of the economics of ageing 26 (2023), pp. 1-17
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Mortality Differentials, the Racial and Ethnic Retirement Wealth Gap, and the Great Pandemic
Wolff, Edward Nathan - 2023
Using the Survey of Consumer Finances, I find that the Black/white gap in standard net worth widened from 1989 to 2019 but narrowed between Hispanics and (non-Hispanic) whites. When the definition of wealth is expanded to incorporate Social Security and defined benefit pension wealth (both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348459
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COVID-19's Impact on Students with Disabilities in Under-Resourced School Districts
Grant, Crystal - 2021
This Essay explores the plight of students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those enrolled in under-resourced school districts. To address these ongoing disparities, remediate student regression, and prevent further educational loss, we must act quickly to get...
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Supporting persons with disabilities in entrepreneurship : Ensuring inclusion in a post COVID-19 economy
OECD - 2023
This policy brief, prepared by the OECD and European Commission, explores the potential of entrepreneurship policy to support the labour market participation of people with disabilities. Disabilities vary widely in type, severity, stability, duration and time of onset, and these characteristics...
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The Long Legacy of COVID-19 Disability
Gelman, Jon L. - 2023
The legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic persists. There exists a continuing need for long-term treatment and disability. While state benefit systems such as workers’ compensation have made an admirable attempt in many jurisdictions to provide benefits, a significant gap and non-uniform delivery of...
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The effect of the pandemic on the transition to tertiary education in Chile : a focus on students with disabilities
Contreras, M. Ignacia; Duryea, Suzanne; Martínez … - 2023
Using a rich set of administrative data, we study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transition to tertiary education for students with disabilities in Chile. Enrollment rates in primary and secondary education in Chile differ by less than 2 percentage points for students with or without...
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