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The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress in the UK

Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021

psychological distress, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Waves 9 and the Interim 2019 Wave) and during … months. Also, there was a systematic increase in total inequality in the Likert GHQ-12 score. However, measures of relative … socioeconomic inequality have not increased. A Shapley-Shorrocks decomposition analysis shows that during the peak of the first wave …

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on inequality of opportunity in psychological distress in the UK

Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2020

Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the initial peak (April 2020) of the pandemic. Based on a Caseness measure … systematic increase in total inequality in the Likert GHQ-12 score. However, measures of IOp have not increased. Specifically … is, to some extent, a leveller as far as psychological distress is considered. A Shapley-Shorrocks decomposition analysis …

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on inequalityof opportunity in psychological distress in the UK

Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress in the UK: an update

Gao, Xiaoying; Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021

by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021. …

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Has the minimum wage policy been important for reducing poverty in Brazil? : a decomposition analysis for the period from 2002 to 2013

Brito, Alessandra Scalioni; Kerstenetzky, Celia Lessa - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 20 (2019) 1, pp. 27-43

intensity and severity. A decomposition methodology was used to isolate the marginal contribution of the minimum wage in the …

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Uncontrolled Experiments from the Laboratories of Democracy : Traditional Cash Welfare, Federalism, and Welfare Reform

Gelbach, Jonah B. - 2016

In this chapter I discuss the history and basic incentive effects of two key U.S. cash assistance programs aimed at families with children. Starting roughly in the 1980s, critics of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program argued that the program -- designed largely to cut...

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Analysis of Re-Integration Impact for Children Leaving Institutional Care (Care-Leavers) in Kenya

Ochanda, Richard Muko - 2016

Life after alternative care can be quite scary for homeless and vulnerable children and youth. There are challenges associated with the reintegration process. Our study found that several care-leavers felt that their families and societies were not willing to receive and accommodate them. These...

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To what extent do welfare states compensate for the cost of children? : a hypothetical household approach to policy evaluations

Penne, Tess; Hufkens, Tine; Goedemé, Tim; Storms, … - 2018

In order to alleviate child poverty, contemporary European welfare states have shifted their focus increasingly towards child-centred investment strategies. However, studies assessing the generosity of welfare states to families with children focus mainly on the role of cash benefit packages, or...

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Child Tax Credit Redux

Lipman, Francine J. - 2020

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Death and destitution: the global distribution of welfare losses from the COVID-19 pandemic

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, … - 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life as a common metric. We estimate that almost 20 million...

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