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There is a consensus that within the European Union, Germany is presently the country lagging farthest behind in terms of economic dynamics. Most researchers blame rising wages, welfare costs, and overregulated labour markets for this poor position. Some add that as a result of membership in the...
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This paper explores a novel way to analyse poverty dynamics that are specific to certain measures of multidimensional … poverty, such as the "adjusted headcount ratio" proposed by Alkire & Foster (2011a). Assuming there is panel data available, I … show that a simultaneous and comprehensive account of transitions in deprivations and poverty allows complex …
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Income distribution may be related to fundamentals affecting economic growth and to labor market policies. Noting that inequality is affected by unemployment. This paper presents a model in which labor market policies affect unemployment which in turn affects inequality. The model also includes...
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Während in Deutschland seit Beginn der vergangenen Dekade der Lohnanstieg deutlich hinter dem Anstieg der Wirtschaftsleistung zurückgeblieben ist, konnten die Vermögenseinkommen und die Selbständigeneinkünfte zulegen – mit der Folge einer wachsenden Ungleichverteilung der Einkommen. Das...
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Germany has experienced tremendous growth rates in the aftermath of World War II. Since the early 1970s, growth rates … general lack of radically new ideas in the world economy. The explanation of the German growth crisis may thus be considered a …
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wachsender Armut und Ungleichheit ist falsch. Die weltweite Armut hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten drastisch abgenommen, die …
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are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best … countries. We find that for some countries Gini coefficients and headcount poverty ratios are statistically significantly … Gini coefficients by 2% for Italy, 3% for Columbia and by 4% for Georgia, while it would increase the headcount poverty …
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