Adding Another Level Individual Responses to Globalization and Government Welfare Policies

Effects of Government Policies on Income Distribution and Welfare

A variety of parametric and semiparametric models produce qualitatively similar estimates of government policies’ effects on income distribution and welfare (as measured by the Gini, standard deviation of logarithms, relative mean deviation, coefficient of variation, and various Atkinson indexes). Taxes and the Earned Income Tax Credit are an effective way to redistribute income to the poor and...

Welfare Effects of Minimum Wage and Other Government Policies

The minimum wage, unlike most government transfer programs, lowered welfare in the 1980s and 1990s as measured by all commonly used welfare or inequality measures, including various Atkinson indexes, the Gini index, standard deviation of logarithms, and others. The effects of most government programs, macroeconomic variables, and aggregate demographic characteristics were qualitatively the same...

Globalization and the Welfare State

Defining and categorizing the child welfare target group in Iran according to experts, laws, and policies

Abstract Introduction: Nowadays the concept of the child welfare system is defined in different countries due to the role of government and society in providing an appropriate context for the comprehensive development of children. The main role of the child welfare system is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and adolescents whose families do not meet or protect their needs. Also, ...

Individual and population-level responses to ocean acidification.

Ocean acidification is predicted to have detrimental effects on many marine organisms and ecological processes. Despite growing evidence for direct impacts on specific species, few studies have simultaneously considered the effects of ocean acidification on individuals (e.g. consequences for energy budgets and resource partitioning) and population level demographic processes. Here we show that ...