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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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Poverty in the USA : The Role of Job Market Polarization and Job Quality
Siddique, Abu Bakkar - 2021
The article argues that the puzzles of stagnating poverty rates amidst high growth and declining unemployment in the US can be explained by bad quality jobs and polarization of the jobs market (JMP). JMP accounts for the distribution of jobs across households, where high JMP implies there are...
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Inflation inequality in the United States
Hobijn, Bart (contributor); Lagakos, David (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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/10001908984
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Inflation Inequality in the United States
Hobijn, Bart - 2006
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/10012733980
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Banking Crises in the US : The Response of Top Income Shares in a Historical Perspective
Morelli, Salvatore - 2014
This paper examines the response of the national income shares accruing to different groups within the richest decile in the US to the occurrence of major systemic banking crises since the beginning of the twentieth century. The findings suggest that the impact of banking crises on the US top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059732
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Climate amenities, climate change, and American quality of life
Albouy, David; Graf, Walter; Kellogg, Ryan; Wolff, Hendrik - 2013
We present a hedonic framework to estimate U.S. households' preferences over local climates, using detailed weather and 2000 Census data. We find that Americans favor an average daily temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit, will pay more on the margin to avoid excess heat than cold, and are not...
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The Effect of Rate Regulations and Compulsory Insurance Laws on Auto Insurance Purchases : Evidence from the US Personal Auto Insurance Market
Kim, Gyu Dong - 2023
This research examines the effects of rate regulations and compulsory insurance laws on insurance purchases. Three stage least squares (3sls) regressions have been employed to control for the endogeneity of the main variables, which are premiums, regulations, and insurance purchases. The...
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Effect of the 10-20-30 Provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Reducing Teen Childbirth in Persistent Poverty Counties in the United States
Rao, Maya - 2020
In our efforts to better understand how policies geared towards poverty reduction may impact teen childbirth, we analyzed the impact of the 10-20-30 provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5) on teen childbirth. The 10-20-30 provision allocated at least...
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International Comparison of Military Welfare Service in the U.S., U.K. and Germany and Its Implications for Korean Military Welfare Service
Kim, Yun-Jung - 2017
In this paper, an international comparison of the military welfare service in the U.S., U.K. and Germany is made, with a particular focus on vocational education, dwelling for military personnel, and military medical service. The findings from the international comparison of these three...
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Crime, Punishment and the Measurement of Poverty in the United States, 1979-1997
Irvine, Ian; Xu, Kuan - 2014
The rate of incarceration has increased dramatically in the US since 1980. We explore the implications of this increased incarceration on national poverty measurement using micro data for the period 1979-1997. We make use of an as-yet unexplored data set on prisoner earnings, in conjunction with...
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