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Determinants of Active Income Inequality for Non-Wage Earners in Cameroon

Research on Economic Inequality, 2014
Abstract Inequality is an essential factor for the alleviation of poverty. In Cameroon, most of the households derive their livelihoods from non-wage income and a better understanding of how different variables affect income inequality is a way to reduce those inequalities and improve social welfare.
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Social Assistance as a Non-Wage Income for the Poor in Turkey:

The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey, 2021
D. Kutlu
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Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis

Journal of comparative economics (Print), 2022
The labor markets of many transition countries are characterized by two features: a spike at the minimum wage in wage distribution and widespread use of so-called envelope wages, i.e., non-declared cash coming in addition to the official wage.
Nicolas Gavoille, Anna Zasova
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The impact of temporary assistance for needy families, minimum wage, and Earned Income Tax Credit on Women's well-being and intimate partner violence victimization.

Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2020
Women experiencing poverty and women of color disproportionately experience intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. Economic policies targeting women at this intersection of poverty and IPV, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
Rachael A. Spencer, M. Livingston, Briana Woods-Jaeger, Shelby T. Rentmeester, Nolan Sroczynski, K. Komro   +5 more
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Monetary Policy and Income Distribution: The Post-Keynesian and Sraffian Perspectives

Review of Political Economy, 2023
This paper examines the post-Keynesian and Sraffian perspectives on the relationship between monetary policy and income distribution, highlighting their endogenous demand-led money approach and rejection of the neutrality of interest rates, and monetary ...
Antonino Lofaro, Guillermo Matamoros, Louis-Philippe Rochon   +2 more
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Export diversification and income inequality in Central Africa: An analysis of the employment channel

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2023
This paper analyses the effect of export diversification on income inequality in Central Africa through the employment channel. The sample consists of 9 countries over the period 2000–2019.
Jean Tchitchoua, Etienne Inédit Blaise Tsomb Tsomb, Johny Madomo   +2 more
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Additional social welfare of environmental regulation: The effect of environmental taxes on income inequality.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2022
This study utilizes the environmental tax reform in China as a quasi-natural experiment to investigate the effect of environmental taxes on income inequality.
Xue Yang, Wenliang Tang
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Exploring the Role of Unearned and Non-Wage Income on Regional Income Convergence

2016
In the second half of the 20th century, regional income in the United States converged. Convergence was driven largely by neo - classical forces where capital flows from regions of high wages to regions of low wages in search of greater returns. The formal test for convergence, driven by the attractive and repulsive effects of wage levels, regresses ...
James, Ryan D., Campbell Jr., Harrison S. , James, Ryan D., Campbell Jr., Harrison S.   +3 more
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Preparing for the (Non-Existent?) Future of Work

Social Science Research Network, 2022
This paper considers the labor market and distributional implications of a scenario of ever-more-intelligent autonomous machines that substitute for human labor and drive down wages.
Anton Korinek, Megan E. Juelfs
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Political background and its influences on wage gaps: Evidence from China

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2022
Using the data from the Chinese Household Income Project Survey and the decomposition method, this study investigates the determinants of the wage gap between members and non-members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 2002–2018.
Xinxin Ma
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