-benefit policies stabilized earnings losses. We then evaluate the impact on income-based poverty and inequality and the contribution of … inequality, and somewhat larger effects on the poverty gap due to lower relative earnings losses of the poor population at the … discretionary tax-benefit policies in alleviating the shock. Our analysis shows modest increases in headcount poverty rates and …

dramatic increase in income poverty and inequality between December 2019 and June 2020. The poverty rate, measured with the … national poverty line, goes up from 25.7 to 58.2 per cent over this period and extreme poverty increases from 9.2 to 38.6 per … cent. Inequality measured by the Gini coefficient increases substantially from 0.461 to 0.592. On average, household …

extend these enhancements to 2022. The adverse impact was immediate. The January 2022 monthly child poverty rate increased by … children falling into poverty. Latinx and Black children experienced the largest increases in poverty (7.1 percent and 5 ….9 percent, respectively). As poverty data continues to flood in from the U.S. Census Bureau and others, the evidence is …

the differences across the income distribution and impacts on measures of poverty and inequality. The paper also evaluates … experienced by higher-income households. Additionally, the estimates point to moderate increases in both the headcount poverty … rate and the extent of poverty, as measured by the poverty gap. Automatic stabilizers had a limited effect in cushioning …

of changes in employment due to the COVID-19 crisis on inequality and poverty using the recently developed tax … measured by headcount and poverty gap increases because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has also worsened inequality as … recently released Integrated Household Survey which was collected just before the COVID-19 crisis. We find that the poverty …

of these measures on income-based poverty and inequality. We find notable reductions in disposable incomes, concentrated … among higher-income households, and moderate increases in headcount poverty rates and poverty gaps. The study highlights the …-dependent means-tested benefits. Discretionary taxbenefit policies in Mozambique and Zambia cushioned the shock for low …

We analyse the social protection policy response to COVID-19 and its impact on household incomes in Uruguay during 2020 … incidence of poverty by 1.3 and 1.6 percentage points in 2020 and 2021,respectively. The effects were bigger among households … with children: if no modifications had been undertaken in social protection as a response to COVID-19, poverty would have …

Establishing an equitable and efficient tax system is essential for reducing poverty, combating inequality, and … government revenue. At the population level, the reform predominantly benefits the highest income deciles, who constitute the …

inequality and at-risk-of-poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for the differences between these and their …

interventions are therefore seen as instrumental in cushioning against the impact of the crisis on inequality and poverty. Finally …. Poverty, as measured by the at risk of poverty (AROP) rate, would increase significantly, even in presence of policy measures … (+1.7pp), although this result depend on whether we anchor the poverty line to its pre-crisis level. When doing so, the …