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Perspective from Economics -- Pandemic-induced Poverty in India after the First Wave of COVID-19: An Elaboration of Two Earlier … Food Insecurity Mediated Poverty and Low Productivity Traps: Furthering Policy by Reconciling Secondary Data with Primary …
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the poverty framework, while also taking into account the (potential) leverage by assets. We focus on a case study of … over-indebtedness, poverty and financial vulnerability. We also simulate two potential policy reforms which address these …
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This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...
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Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a …
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level of fertility. In this context, economic inequality is not only decisive for human capital investments and the … effect of inequality and pollution on economic growth is amplified, if the population group that is least affected decides …
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Marriage is one of the most important determinants of economic prosperity, yet most existing theories of inequality …
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1. Introduction; Peter Sloman, Daniel Zamora Vargas and Pedro Ramos Pinto -- Part I. Poverty in the Midst of Plenty … Global Poverty; Samuel Moyn -- 10. Jobs or Income Guarantees? The Politics of Universal Basic Income and Cash Transfers in …
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and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule …
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We use detailed information on all real estate stock and transactions since 2006 to study housing inequality in Belgium … then estimate inequality in value or space at different levels of aggregation - from the federal to the local neighborhood … level. Overall inequality is relatively low (Gini of 0.25), but significant heterogeneity exists across and within …
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