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prosperity using 'inequality lines'. Analogous to poverty lines but focused on inequality, inequality lines are benchmark incomes … contrast to the B40 approach and all conventional poverty lines, inequality lines arise naturally: their location in the income … important domestic trade-offs between inequality reduction and poverty alleviation. …
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The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and social assistance - has been a key component of social protection in high-income countries since the 1990s, with a rich literature reviewing its effects and implementation...
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Reducing poverty and inequality and promoting inclusive growth are fundamental to achieving the United Nations … evaluation of the main stylized facts concerning poverty, inequality, and growth. It will uncover existing trends, put …
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relate to changes in consumption and poverty. In addition, we examine whether there has been convergence in inequality and …Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was estimated in the past literature are the motivation for our …
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pandemic reduced household income, increased the poverty rate, and worsened wage equality. It increased the proportion of below …
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-units) on inequality and poverty statistics using Irish microdata. We find that benchmark equivalence scales result in … substantial variation in the degree of income poverty estimated at the household level, particularly for young children and the … children, Irish income poverty rates in 2019 ranged from 15.0 per cent to 19.5 per cent - most of this variation is …
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combat environmental threats will not succeed unless combined with measures to reduce poverty and inequality. Our research … both social and environmental goals through simultaneously decreasing emissions and reducing poverty and inequality. They … consideration. Here, we assess the impact on poverty and inequality of a global carbon tax and national redistribution of revenues …
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inequality in poverty. This overemphasis on an 'individual-level' variable results in relatively less attention to the role of …) relates to Black-White inequality in poverty among single mother households and among married with children households in the … U.S. South. Results: There is an impact of the legacy of slavery on Black-White inequality in poverty even within family …
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. Furthermore, this inequality gap is rising over time. Despite the country's fast poverty reduction, the poor were increasingly … inequality levels. We also find greater inequality to have negative impact on economic growth and poverty reduction. Our results …Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few …
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Rising inequality and widespread poverty, social unrest and polarization, gender and ethnic disparities, declining …
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