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Why cash transfer programs can both stimulate and slow down job finding
Mesén Vargas, Juliana; Van der Linden, Bruno - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 8 (2019) 5, pp. 1-27
This article analyzes the behavioral effects of cash transfer programs when jobless people need to have access to a minimum consumption level. Our model reconciles recent evidence about negligible or favorable effects of cash transfers on job-finding rates and the more standard view of negative...
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The implications of institutional specificities on the income inequalities drivers in European Union
Jianu, Ionut; Dobre, Ion; Bodislav, Dumitru Alexandru; … - In: Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies … 53 (2019) 2, pp. 59-76
This paper aims to review the different impacts of income inequality drivers on the Gini coefficient, depending on institutional specificities. In this context, we divided the European Union member states in two clusters (the cluster of member states with inclusive institutions / extractive...
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Boats and tides and "trickle down" theories: What economists presume about wellbeing when they employ stochastic process theory in modeling behavior
Anderson, Gordon - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-42, pp. 1-44
. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional …
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Sorgenfreier Reichtum: jenseits von Konjunktur und Krise lebt nur ein Prozent der Bevölkerung
Groh-Samberg, Olaf - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 35, pp. 590-597
Sowohl die Einkommensarmut als auch der Einkommensreichtum haben in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren deutlich zugenommen, zu Lasten der mittleren Einkommensgruppen. Reichtum sollte auch die Freiheit von materiellen Sorgen bedeuten. Trotz der Polarisierung der Einkommensverteilung hat der Anteil...
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Ist die Energiewende sozial gerecht?
Heindl, Peter; Schüßler, Rudolf; Löschel, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 7, pp. 508-514
, affordability of energy among the poorest should receive increasing attention. Measures of fuel poverty and deprivation with respect …
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The causal relationship between remittances and poverty reduction in developing country: Using a non-stationary dynamic panel data
Gaaliche, Makram; Zayati, Montassar - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 1 (2014)
The aim of this article is to investigate the causal relationship between remittances and poverty reduction for 14 …-stationary dynamic panel data. Our estimation results reveal that causality nexus of poverty and remittances is bi-directional. We also … find that the causal impact of poverty reduction on remittance is stronger than the reverse impact. Indeed, despite of its …
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Real income rose significantly between 1991 and 2014 on average: First indication of return to increased income inequality
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 5, pp. 47-57
stagnated or even decreased in the interim periods. The proportion of people at risk of poverty has recently become greater … again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed … childless coupled households - this could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …
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Realeinkommen sind von 1991 bis 2014 im Durchschnitt gestiegen: Erste Anzeichen für wieder zunehmende Einkommensungleichheit
Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 4, pp. 71-82
proportion of people at risk of poverty has also recently increased. Gainful employment still provides the most effective … protection against income poverty, but more and more employed persons are at risk of becoming poor. Containment of the low wage … could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …
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Income inequality remains high in Germany: Young singles and career entrants increasingly at risk of poverty
Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 25, pp. 325-339
until 2005 and has remained at the same high level ever since. At the same time, the risk of poverty in Germany increased … significantly between 2000 and 2009, and is currently at approximately 14 percent. The risk of poverty has risen significantly for … young singles (up to the age of 35) in particular. Their at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 12 percentage points since …
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Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland bleibt weiterhin hoch: Junge Alleinlebende und Berufseinsteiger sind zunehmend von Armut bedroht
Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 25, pp. 571-586
until 2005 and has remained at the same high level ever since. At the same time, the risk of poverty in Germany increased … significantly between 2000 and 2009, and is currently at approximately 14 percent. The risk of poverty has risen significantly for … young singles (up to the age of 35) in particular. Their at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 12 percentage points since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282450