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Covid-19 is not affecting all working people equally
Schröder, Carsten; Entringer, Theresa Margareta; … - 2020
The corona pandemic and the political measures undertaken to contain it are changing the working conditions of many …-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study analyzes the effects of the corona crisis on Germany's working population in 2019. In this paper … extent to which working people have been affected by the corona crisis differs across the three dimensions. It is primarily …
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Disparities in Labour Market and Income Trends during the First Year of the COVID-19 Crisis – Evidence from Germany
Braband, Carsten; Consiglio, Valentina Sara; Grabka, … - 2022
This paper studies inequalities in labour market outcomes, incomes and economic concerns across workers in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426324
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Erwerbstätige sind vor dem Covid-19-Virus nicht alle gleich
Schröder, Carsten; Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; … - 2020
Die Corona-Pandemie und die politischen Entscheidungen zu ihrer Eindämmung verändern derzeit die Situation vieler …-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP), werden hier die Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise auf die Erwerbstätigen des Jahres 2019 analysiert. Die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227040
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Two Decades of Rising Inequality and Declining Poverty in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Warr, Peter; Rasphone, Sitthiroth; Menon, Jayant - 2015
Over the last 2 decades the distribution of private household expenditures has become more unequal in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, with the Gini coefficient rising from 0.311 to 0.364, even though absolute poverty incidence has halved. The increase in inequality was statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432882
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Social segregation in secondary schools: how does England compare with other countries?
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke … - 2006
for sampling variation in the estimates. England is shown to be a middle-ranking country, as is the USA. High segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276646
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Two decades of declining poverty but rising inequality in Laos
Warr, Peter George; Menon, Jayant - 2018
Over the past two decades consumption inequality has risen within Laos, while absolute poverty incidence halved. The estimated Gini coefficient of private household expenditures per person rose from 0.311 to 0.364. This increase in the sample-based estimate of inequality was statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145134
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Harnessing the potential of online marketplaces in the Philippines: Insights from the National Information and Communications Technology Household Survey
Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie; Dacuycuy, Lawrence B. - 2022
Using the Philippines' first-ever nationally representative survey designed for characterizing digital commercial and noncommercial engagements, including ICT use, digital economy, and technology-enabled incidents, we investigate the presence of gendered disparities in online marketplaces. Doing...
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Supermarket food purchases and child nutritional outcomes in Kenya
Legesse Debela, Bethelhem; Demmler, Kathrin M.; Klasen, … - 2018
In many developing countries, supermarkets are spreading rapidly at the expense of traditional food markets and shops. Changing retail environments and food choices may affect consumer diets and nutritional outcomes. Previous research suggested that supermarkets may contribute to rising rates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855600
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Inflation inequality in the United States
Hobijn, Bart; Lagakos, David - 2003
Inflation is often assumed to affect all people in the same way. In practice, differences in spending patterns across households and differences in price increases across goods and services lead to unequal levels of inflation for different households. In this paper, we measure the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283463
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2006
In most industrialized countries, more people than ever are having to cope with the burden of caring for elderly parents. This paper formulates a model to explain how parental care responsibilities and family structure interact in affecting children?s mobility characteristics. A key insight we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260973