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A new dawn for minimum income protection?

open access: yes, 2013
The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whether they ...
Nelson, Kenneth   +4 more
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source

ON THE QUESTION OF THE MEANING OF HUMAN CAPITAL FACTOR IN THE INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

open access: yesМодернизация, инновация, развитие, 2015
In article the main theoretical approaches to the concept «human capital» are stated. The structure of the human capital and a role of its parameters in the context of innovative development of the country is considered.
A. A. Hokonov
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxation of street vendors in tanzania: insights from the global best practices for inclusive policy development

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance
Although several initiatives have been undertaken to increase tax collection in Tanzania, the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains below the average for both East Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.
Nasibu R. Mramba
doaj   +1 more source

National and international income dispersion and aggregate expenditures [PDF]

open access: yes
We examine linkages between aggregate household income, distribution of that income, and aggregate cross-country expenditure patterns. We are able to decompose income effects into international income dispersion effects (from variations in average income)
Joseph Francois, Carmen Fillat
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Income, relative income, and self-reported health in Britain 1979-2000 [PDF]

open access: yes
According to the relative income hypothesis, an individual’s health depends on the distribution of income in a reference group, as well as on the income of the individual.
Hugh Gravelle, Matt Sutton
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Income [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper uses data from the 2006 and 2011 Censuses to analyse the distribution of income within the Indigenous population and to make comparisons with the non-Indigenous population. The results from the analysis are mixed. On the one hand, after taking
Biddle, Nicholas
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