Swedish work-line policy increased the risk of poverty by 1.0 percentage point and the Gini coefficient by 0.4. In Sweden, the … perspective, the results indicate that the Nordic model is resilient. In Sweden, a significant increase in the risk of poverty … behavioural effects did not fully offset the negative static effects on the risk-of-poverty rate and inequality. From a policy …

. The paper underscores the principles of the poverty focus of social assistance and presents an overview of existence … evidence of first- and second-order effects of social assistance, particularly in the domains of poverty, education, health and …

Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … insufficient to compensate for the effect of taxes, resulting in net increases in poverty. In the context of upper …

of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses …

2005 the Gini index presented an unprecedented fall of 4.6 percent combined with significant poverty reduction. Previous …, "Bolsa Família" and "BPC," in achieving their purpose of alleviating poverty and reducing the inequality in Brazil's income … programs in reducing inequality from 2003 to 2005. However, the effect on poverty alleviation was not strong. Finally, the …

results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … microsimulation models. In the first scenario a modest level of guaranteed minimum income is feasible, decreasing both poverty and … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for …

, Norway, and Sweden … Sweden’s unique public health care response lead to differential infection and mortality rates during 2020? We use synthetic … control techniques to model COVID-19 dynamics, comparing Sweden to a synthetic control unit. We show that stricter lock …