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Promoting gender equality to strengthen economic growth and resilience
André, Christophe - 2023
Women’s employment rates and wages are still lagging those of men across OECD countries, with average employment and wage gaps now around 15% and 12% respectively. Gaps narrowed at a relatively modest pace over the past decade, calling for further policy action. A lack of affordable...
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Breaking the Fall : Successful Homeless Interventions in the COVID Pandemic
Flaming, Daniel; Pickens, Seth; Burns, Patrick - 2023
Government income and housing interventions during the COVID pandemic had demonstrable benefits in reducing the growth of homelessness. Comparisons of projected versus actual growth in Los Angeles County from 2020 to 2022 validate the benefit of these interventions.This report offers three types...
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The economic status of Asian Americans before and after the Civil Rights Act
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Sanders, Seth - 2012
effects on the 1960 wage gap and its subsequent reduction. Our findings suggest that anti-Asian labor market discrimination ….S.-born Asian men stemmed from a decline in anti-Asian discrimination. Although much of the policy focus of the civil rights era was … directed at reducing discrimination against blacks, our findings suggest a prominent post-Civil Rights Act labor market effect …
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The civil rights act and the earnings of lower income Hispanic men in the 1960's
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2012
significant acceleration following the Civil Rights Act in the relative earnings of low-income Hispanic men. -- anti-discrimination …
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Covid-19 crisis fuels hostility against foreigners
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2020 - This version: June 2020, revised version
Aggressive behavior against out-group members often rises during periods of economic hardship and health pandemics. Here, we test the widespread concern that the Covid-19 crisis may fuel hostility against people from other nations or ethnic minorities. Using a controlled money-burning task, we...
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COVID-19 crisis fuels hostility against foreigners
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2020
salience of thoughts related to Covid-19 pandemic magnifies hostility and discrimination against foreigners, especially from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214256
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Covid-19 crisis fuels hostility against foreigners
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2020
Aggressive behavior against out-group members often rises during periods of economic hardship and health pandemics. Here we test the widespread concern that the Covid-19 crisis may fuel hostility against people from other nations or ethnic minorities. Using a controlled money-burning task, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219382
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Evaluating the performance of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria
Tasseva, Iva Valentinova - 2012
Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data, I analyse the performance of two social assistance and two means- tested child benefits. I find that the programmes reach a very small proportion of the households with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626111
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Evaluating the performance of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria
Tasseva, Iva Valentinova - 2012
Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data, I analyse the performance of two social assistance and two means-tested child benefits. I find that the programmes reach a very small proportion of the households with incomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626137
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The Sharing of Macroeconomic Risk : Who Loses (and Gains) from Macroeconomic Shocks
Ahrend, Rudiger - 2017
This paper addresses the often neglected question of how macroeconomic risk is shared across and within economies, and identifies reforms that could contribute towards achieving more desirable risksharing outcomes. For risk-sharing across countries, the paper discusses possibilities for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975076