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Chapter 15. Poverty and Aging
Marchand, J.; Smeeding, T. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 905-950). 2016
This chapter explores the relationship between poverty and aging, in terms of its measurement and trends, as well as its alleviation, with particular attention to the most vulnerable individuals at each end of the age distribution. The measurement addresses both the definition of poverty and its...
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Do education and income level influence the need for microinsurance? : a study of low income in Malaysia
Noor Ashikin Mohd Rom; Awang, Zainudin; Zuriah Abdul Rahman - In: Asian African journal of economics and econometrics 15 (2015) 1, pp. 21-34
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Factors facilitating scheduled caste self help women to undertake milch activities for income generation
Sudha; Selvam, V. - In: International journal of applied business and economic … 11 (2013) 2, pp. 329-342
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Impact of microcredit on the household income and expenditure of the fish farmers : Bangladesh perspective
Mahmud, Kazi Tanvir; Haque, A. B. M. Mahfuzul; Wahid, … - In: Aquaculture economics & management : official journal … 26 (2022) 1, pp. 118-130
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Access to credit and household income in the northern mountains of Vietnam
Do, Xuan Luan - 2015
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Dynamics of Income in Bihar : Evidence from Village Studies
Kumar, Abhay - 2013
villages namely; Arap, Baghakole, Inai and Susari. The study revealed that the per capita income increased by about two … productivity and more employment opportunities in even rural areas. Per capita income differs significantly from one village to … another village, mainly due to per capita land and educational level. Non-farm employment is main source of income and income …
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Rising U.S. Earnings Inequality and Family Labor Supply : The Covariance Structure of Intrafamily Earnings
Hyslop, Dean - 2010
This paper studies the labor supply contributions to individual and family earnings inequality during the period of rising wage inequality in the early 1980's. Working couples have positively correlated labor market outcomes, which are almost entirely attributable to permanent factors. An...
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The redistributive and stabilising effects of an EMU unemployment benefit scheme under different hypothetical unemployment scenarios
Jara, H. Xavier; Tumino, Alberto; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
in both the political and academic spheres because of its potential to smooth fluctuations in income across member states … and to strengthen income security for the unemployed. In this paper, we simulate two hypothetical negative employment … shocks and make use of the microsimulation model EUROMOD to explore the implications for income protection of the …
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Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems
Figari, Francesco; Salvatori, Andrea; Sutherland, Holly - 2010
As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of the new unemployed are protected by tax-benefit systems and to assess the cost pressures on the governments. This paper uses the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to explore these...
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The role of an EMU unemployment insurance scheme on income protection in case of unemployment
Jara, H. Xavier; Sutherland, Holly; Tumino, Alberto - 2016
income protection available to individuals and their families in case of unemployment. Our analysis uses an illustrative EMU …-benefit microsimulation model, to simulate entitlement to the national and EMU-UI and calculate their effect on household disposable income … potentially new unemployed and would have a positive effect on household income stabilization. The extent of these effects varies …
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