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Poverty and subsidiarity in Europe : minimum protection from an economic perspective

Fouarge, Didier - 2004

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The Impacts of Income Transfer Programs on Income Distribution and Poverty in Brazil : An Integrated Microsimulation and Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Cury, Samir - 2018

2005 the Gini index presented an unprecedented fall of 4.6 percent combined with significant poverty reduction. Previous …, "Bolsa Família" and "BPC," in achieving their purpose of alleviating poverty and reducing the inequality in Brazil's income … programs in reducing inequality from 2003 to 2005. However, the effect on poverty alleviation was not strong. Finally, the …

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A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation

Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - 2017

We introduce a new class of generalized measures of relative deprivation. The class takes the form of a power mean of order p . A characteristic of the class is that depending on the value of the proximity-sensitive parameter p , the class is capable of accommodating both a decreasing weight...

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The impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on inequality and poverty in Uganda : final report

Jellema, Jon; Lustig, Nora; Haas, Astrid; Wolf, Sebastian - International Growth Centre <London> - 2016

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Reducing poverty and inequality through tax-benefit reform and the minimum wage : the UK as a case-study

Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leventi, Chrysa; Nolan, Brian; … - 2017

these tax, transfer and minimum wage reforms on income inequality and poverty based on a microsimulation approach using … to substantially reduce the extent of income inequality and relative income poverty and the paper draws out how the two …

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Four levers of redistribution : the impact of tax and transfer systems on inequality reduction

Guillaud, Elvire; Olckers, Matthew; Zemmour, Michaël - 2017

Using observational micro data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we assess the redistributive impact of tax and transfer configurations across 22 OECD countries for the period 1999-2013. After recovering new tax data (employer social contributions), we measure the reduction of income...

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The necessity of a paradigm shift in Korean welfare policy and tasks to be pursued

Yun, Heesuk - 2014

If "welfare through work" is to become a reality, Korea should dispense with the old method of haphazardly importing welfare programs based on one-to-one comparisons with developed countries and instead redefine the overarching goal of the welfare system by establishing a universal structure...

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Relative income poverty rates and poverty alleviation via tax/benefit systems in 49 LIS countries, 1967 2016

Caminada, Koen; Wang, Jinxian; Goudswaard, Kees Pieter; … - 2019

Budget Incidence Fiscal Redistribution Dataset on Relative Income Poverty (LLBIFR Dataset on Relative Income Poverty 2019 …Most welfare states design their tax/benefit system to combat income poverty. Some countries are more effective in … poverty alleviation than others. What can explain these variations in outcomes and effectiveness? And has the redistributive …

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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage

Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17

This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...

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Application of the institute of income redistribution in the form of social transfers in EU countries

Antošová, Irena; Stávková, Jana - In: Danube : law and economics review 10 (2019) 2, pp. 161-172

The reduction in the number of households living at risk of poverty is a common objective of EU countries but the … of each on the basis of the number of households at risk of poverty determined before and after the payment of social … pensions proves to be better in the fight against poverty. The relationship between an economic performance and a functioning …

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