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Poverty among minorities in the United States: Explaining the racial poverty gap for Blacks and Latinos
Gradin, Carlos - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2008
explaining the higher poverty rates of Blacks, a larger number of dependent children is more closely associated with higher …The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, show official poverty … rates that are at least twice as high as those among non-Hispanic Whites. These similarly high poverty rates among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413429
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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.
Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016
tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place … between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with … yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528840
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The Short-Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Enriquez, Brandon; Jones, Damon; Tedeschi, Ernest V. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate the extensive and intensive margin labor supply response to the monthly Child Tax Credit disbursed in 2021 as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Using Current Population Survey microdata, we compare labor supply outcomes among households who qualify for varying relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250128
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The Short-Term Labor Supply Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Enriquez, Brandon; Jones, Damon; Tedeschi, Ernest - 2023
We estimate the extensive and intensive margin labor supply response to the monthly Child Tax Credit disbursed in 2021 as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act. Using Current Population Survey microdata, we compare labor supply outcomes among households who qualify for varying relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357156
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Education and lifetime income during demographic transition
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - 2013
introduced in 2011. Additional investments into secondary education will, as a rule, not cause life time income to raise enough … to compensate its costs. -- Early education ; demographic change ; inequality over the life span ; redistributive policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732726
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Causes of changing earnings inequality
Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294713
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Seven economic facts about the U.S. racial wealth gap
Broady, Kristen; Booth-Bell, Darlene; Griffin, Taylor - 2022
disparities in income, employment, homeownership, education, access to credit, and retirement savings - all factors that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013279332
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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2019
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105595
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905178
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891763