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Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022 - This version: June 2022
rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On … completion is higher. However, a small additional impact on girls’ education due to the Covid-19 induced rise in teenage … pregnancy is observed in some countries. Intergenerational mobility of education decreases from 1 to close to 50 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275358
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Fiscal decentralisation and income inequality : empirical evidence from OECD countries
Stossberg, Sibylle; Bartolini, David; Blöchliger, Hansjörg - 2016
This paper investigates the relationship between fiscal decentralisation and economy-wide disposable income inequality. Drawing on a dataset of up to 20 OECD countries over a period from 1996 to 2011, a regression analysis is performed, relating several indicators of national income inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577949
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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020
Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241667
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Ireland's peculiar microfinance revolution, c. 1836-1845
McLaughlin, Eoin; Pecchenino, Rowena - 2019
In the decade before the famine, Ireland experienced a boom in Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). This paper analyses the motivations of MFI proponents and practitioners, and finds evidence linking the boom in MFIs with the introduction of the poor law in 1838. Many contemporary writers saw...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007230
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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020
Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012284803
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - 2010
expenditure, however, has been on large capital-intensive projects rather than on education and other social spending. More … emphasis on education would help reduce the income gap, since human capital is a key determinant of income. Government policies …
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Income gaps : education and inequality
Leone, Julián; Cascio, Jorge Lo - In: Economics and business review 6/20 (2020) 4, pp. 27-50
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Anti-discrimination measures in education : a comparative policy analysis
Lenhardt, Amanda; Page, Ella; Sarwar, Moizza Binat; … - 2017
-discrimination measures in education. An analysis of trends in inequalities in human development is used to identify three countries that have … education has been taken up politically. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634586
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Income inequality, fertility, human capital accumulation and economic growth in Mexico
Charles-Coll, Jorge; Mayer Granados, Elizabeth; Garza … - In: Research in world economy 6 (2015) 1, pp. 172-183
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415617
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Human capital mobility : implications for efficiency, income distribution, and policy
Wildasin, David E. - 2014
Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...
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