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Who was impacted and how? : the COVID-19 pandemic and the long uneven recovery in India
Jha, Mrinalini; Lahoti, Rahul - 2022
We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate … remained incomplete and was unevenly spread over the population even 22 months after the start of the pandemic. Poverty more … than doubled during the lockdown and even after almost two years was slightly higher than before the pandemic. Inequality …
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Universal basic income programs : how much would taxes need to rise? : evidence for Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, and South Africa
Enami, Ali; Gentilini, Ugo; Larroulet, Patricio; … - 2021
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Universal basic income programs : how much would taxes need to rise? : evidence for Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, and South Africa
Enami, Ali; Gentilini, Ugo; Larroulet, Patricio; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012664637
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Universal basic income programs : how much would taxes need to rise? : evidence for Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, and South Africa
Enami, Ali; Gentilini, Ugo; Larroulet, Patricio; … - In: The journal of development studies 59 (2023) 9, pp. 1443-1463
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A Tax Policy to Address Overpopulation While Balancing the Sex Ratio in India
Reeves, Toinu - 2021
In response to the limited success, 600 cases filed with 20 convictions over 15 years, of the The Pre-conception And Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition Of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PNDT), we propose a Pigovian tax structure that can, perhaps, balance the sex ratio while addressing...
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Rural Poverty in India : Structure, Determinants and Suggestions for Policy Reform
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
Poverty, particularly rural poverty, has been one of the enduring policy challenges in India. Surely the most important … objective of the reforms process would have been to make a significant dent on rural poverty. It is from this that a program of … accelerated growth must draw its rationale. In this paper, I discuss the evolution of poverty in India - particularly during the …
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Ageing and Well - Being in India
Sourav, Kumar - 2020
The population of India is aging rapidly. Between 2001 and 2031, the percentage of people 60 years and older will almost double, and by mid-century will increase to an estimated 20%. In general, this has been brought about by the continuing declines in “communicable, maternal, neonatal and...
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How to Avoid Household Debt Overhang? An Analytical Framework and Analysis for India
Yoshino, Naoyuki - 2020
We develop an analytical framework using the household utility maximization approach to model stability conditions to avoid household debt overhang. Our theoretical framework suggests that household debt stability is a function of five factors, namely the rate of interest, period of lending,...
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How to avoid household debt overhang? : an analytical framework and analysis for India
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Gupta, Prachi - 2019
In this paper we develop an analytical framework using the household utility maximization approach to model stability conditions to avoid household debt overhang. Our theoretical framework suggests that household debt stability is a function of five factors, namely the rate of interest, period...
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Modelling the tax burden on labour income in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa
Gandullia, Luca; Iacobone, Nicola; Thomas, Alastair - 2012
This paper examines the taxation of labour income in five key emerging economies: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa (the “BIICS” countries). The paper highlights the key features of the taxation of labour income in these countries, and then uses this information to model the...
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