Greater increases in temperature extremes in low versus high income countries
Environmental Research Letters, 2017 It is commonly expected that the world’s lowest income countries will face some of the worst impacts of global warming, despite contributing the least to greenhouse gas emissions. Using global atmospheric reanalyses we show that the world’s lowest income
Nicholas Herold +3 more
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Income Inequality Trends and their Challenges to Redistribution Policies in Japan
, 2007 This article is an overview of income inequality trends during the 1980s and 1990s and a discussion of their challenges to redistribution policies in Japan. The key results are summarized as follows.
Fukawa, Tetsuo, Oshio, Takashi
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Supporting Families and Children Beyond COVID-19: Social protection in high-income countries [PDF]
, 2020 COVID-19 constitutes the greatest crisis that high-income countries have seen in many generations. While many high-income countries experienced the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, or have had national recessions, the COVID-19 pandemic is much more ...
Richardson, Dominic +4 more
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DOES GDP EXPLAIN “ACCESS TO FINANCE”? [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2017 In this study, we examine the relation between countries’ income levels and their residents’ and companies’ access to finance. First, we look at how OECD membership affects access to finance.
Halil Dincer Kaya
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Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries [PDF]
In this paper we use a panel of 189 countries to describe the salient trends that have emerged in national personal income tax systems spanning the twenty five year period from 1981 to 2005.
Buttrick, Steve +2 more
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Comparing US prevention efforts to other high-income countries
The Lancet Public HealthSummary: Life expectancy in the USA is considerably lower than in most high-income countries, with many deaths considered preventable. The extent by which poor performance on prevention measures and public health policies in the USA could be contributing
Irene Papanicolas, ProfPhD +3 more
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Income Inequality in Rich Countries During the 1980s
, 1996 Several recent studies have documented the rising earnings and wage inequality and the widening inequality in the distribution of family income in the United States over the past 15 years.
Coder, John, Smeeding, Timothy M.
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Low-Income Countries' Access to Private Debt Markets [PDF]
Private debt flows to developing countries surged to record levels over the period 2003-07. A few low-income countries have gained access to the international bond market but the bulk of the flows have continued to go to just a few large middle-income ...
Hostland, Doug
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Fiscal Decentralisation & Economic Growth in High-income OECD Countries. ENEPRI Working Paper No. 1, January 2001 [PDF]
, 2001 Following a brief review of the benefits and shortcomings of fiscal decentralisation, the paper attempts to empirically analyse for high-income OECD countries the relationship between per capita economic growth, capital formation and total factor ...
Thiessen, Ulrich.
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Interdependence of Income between China and ASEAN-5 Countries [PDF]
This paper examines the interdependence of income between China and ASEAN-5 countries by resorting to the time series econometrics analysis from 1960 to 2000 of the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Lau, Evan, Lee, Koon Po
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