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COVID-19 labour market shocks and their inequality implications for financial wellbeing
Botha, Ferdi; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; New, Sonja C. de; … - 2020
and inequality. …
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Inequality in EU crisis countries : how effective were automatic stabilisers?
Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Savage, Michael - 2018
The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality …., 2017), the overall change in income inequality is decomposed into parts attributable to the change in market income … inequality, changes in discretionary tax-benefit policy and automatic stabilisation effects. We implement this approach using the …
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Do pandemics lead to rebellion? : policy responses to COVID-19, inequality, and protests in the USA
Iacoella, Francesco; Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2021
This paper analyses how inequality across counties in the United States of America has shaped the impact of the COVID …-level inequality at the start of the pandemic. The results show that more stringent measures to contain the pandemic were instrumental … in driving the incidence of protests, but only in counties with high levels of inequality before the start of the …
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Inequality in EU crisis countries : how effective were automatic stabilisers?
Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Savage, Michael - 2018
The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality …., 2017), the overall change in income inequality is decomposed into parts attributable to the change in market income … inequality, changes in discretionary tax-benefit policy and automatic stabilisation effects. We implement this approach using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821286
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Higher inequality in Latin America : a collateral effect of the pandemic
Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Cota, María José - 2022
This study explores the evolution of inequality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic using primary data … available from household and employment surveys collected in 2020. Inequality increased on average by 2 percent between 2019 and … 2020, twice the average annual growth in the inequality indicator that marked the decade of growing inequality in the 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516178
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Tax policy reform and universal basic income effectiveness in a currency union : implications for long-term growth, inequality, and welfare
Kame Babilla, Thierry U. - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 10 (2023), pp. 1-15
-term growth and welfare in a currency union that faces fiscal rule constraints and inequality. To address this ongoing government …, inequality, and welfare depends on the type of fiscal policy adopted by government to fund it, notably the trade-off between … completely eliminating oil subsidies appears to be the best policy for reducing inequality while increasing growth and welfare …
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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 … than doubled during the lockdown and even after almost two years was slightly higher than before the pandemic. Inequality …
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Covid-19 Crisis Fuels Hostility Against Foreigners
Bartos, Vojtech - 2020
Intergroup conflicts represent one of the most pressing problems facing human society. Sudden spikes in aggressive behavior, including pogroms, often take place during periods of economic hardship or health pandemics, but little is known about the underlying mechanism behind such change in...
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Covid-19 Crisis Fuels Hostility Against Foreigners
Bartos, Vojtech - 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/10012832113
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237475