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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 during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis using SOEP-CoV data. It shows that, overall, the self-employed and disadvantaged groups of workers were more severely affected by the...
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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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Wie gefährlich ist COVID-19? : die subjektive Risikoeinschätzung einer lebensbedrohlichen COVID-19-Erkrankung im Frühjahr und Frühsommer 2020 in Deutschland
Hertwig, Ralph; Liebig, Stefan; Lindenberger, Ulman; … - 2020
Um die Corona-Krise und die Wahrnehmung ihrer Risiken zu untersuchen, wird für die vorliegenden Ausführungen auf … Sie die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass das neue Corona-Virus bei Ihnen im Laufe der nächsten 12 Monate eine lebensbedrohliche …
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Two decades of rising inequality and declining poverty in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Warr, Peter George; Sitthiroth Rasphone; 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...
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Two decades of declining poverty but rising inequality in Laos
Warr, Peter George; Sitthiroth Rasphone; 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...
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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...
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COVID-19 labour market shocks and their inequality implications for financial wellbeing
Botha, Ferdi; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; New, Sonja C. de; … - 2020
Using an online survey of Australian residents, we elicit the potential impacts of COVID-19 related labour market shocks on a validated measure of financial wellbeing. Experiencing a reduction in hours and earnings, entering into unemployment or having to file for unemployment benefits during...
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Does occupational licensing impact incomes? : the German crafts case
Leyen, Kaja von der - 2018 - Updated version
The empirical literature on occupational licensing finds standard monopoly effects of entry regulations: Less competition and economic rents for professionals. I exploit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing...
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Expropriation with hukou change : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Akgüç, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
We study the labor market outcomes of males aged 18-60 obtaining an urban hukou as a result of land expropriation across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that those obtaining an urban hukou have better labour market...
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