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The paper analyzes the link between old-age income programs and economic outcomes in Belgium. We use a simulation methodology to construct an average pension generosity variable. Our regression analysis explores the link with distributional outcomes in income, consumption and more subjective...
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In many developing countries, there does not exist a time series of nationally representative household budget or income surveys, while there often are surveys of regions as well as nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an...
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In many developing countries, there does not exist a time series of nationally repre- sentative household budget or income surveys, while there often are urban household surveys as well as nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329887
Spurred by international commitments and expanded funding at the national and international level, attendance in education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this expansion in enrolments reduced existing inequalities in...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the growth performance of the Cameroonian economy from independence in 1960 to date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis of poverty and inequality uses the microeconomic data...
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The total number of dependent employees in Germany has increased by more than four million since the financial crisis. Part of this growth took place in the low-wage sector. Analyses based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel, which in 2017 for the first time include detailed information on...
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Die Zahl der abhängig Beschäftigten in Deutschland ist seit der Finanzkrise um mehr als vier Millionen gestiegen. Ein Teil dieses Beschäftigungsaufbaus fand im Niedriglohnsektor statt. Analysen auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels, die erstmalig ausreichend Details über...
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The Greek crisis was the deepest and longest ever recorded in an OECD country in the postwar period. Output declined by over a quarter and disposable income by more than 40%, while the unemployment rate exceeded 27%. The paper explores the effects of the crisis on the level and the structure of...
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The Greek crisis was the deepest and longest ever recorded in an OECD country in the postwar period. Output declined by over a quarter and disposable income by more than 40%, while the unemployment rate exceeded 27%. The paper explores the effects of the crisis on the level and the structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744718
Erstmals in Deutschland wird die Einkommensverteilung über einen Zeitraum von rund 140 Jahren präsentiert. Über alle politischen und wirtschaftlichen Turbulenzen des 20. Jahrhunderts hinweg hat sich vor allem der Einkommensanteil der Top-Zehn-Prozent wenig verändert: Auf Basis von...
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