2. Review of literature 2.1 The incidence of sin taxes 2.2 The incidence of tax on pure rent in a small open economy 2.3 Tax incidence in bargaining 2.4 The general equilibrium incidence of environmental taxes 2.5 The tax system incidence on unemployment: A country specific analysis for the OECD economies: 2.6 Tax and subsidy incidence equivalence theories: experimental evidence from competitive markets 2.7 Tax incidence under oligopoly: a comparison of
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Deutscher Tropentag 2003 Göttingen, October 8-10, 2003 Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development An Analysis of the World Market for Mangos and its Importance for Developing Countries1 Jedele, Stefan, Angela Maria Hau, Matthias von Oppen University of Hohenheim, Agricultural Marketing in the Tropics and Subtropics, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany 1 Introduction To date, developing countries are facing massive economic and social problems. One possible way out of this misery
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reality, that a small group of elites has been able to concentrate huge amounts of wealth, that people have had enough. Movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter are a response to this. As the state moves further away from the social welfare, people are pushed to take radical stances. Hedges predicts that if corporate power continues to dominate political institutions, and continues to
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Legislating the Family: Heterosexist Bias in Social Welfare Policy Frameworks Amy Lind University of Virginia Studies in Women and Gender Program This article addresses the effects of heterosexist bias in social welfare policy frameworks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and families in the United States. It discusses the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), federal definitions of family and household
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continue the high welfare and high tax social security system. Although the fiscal austerity imposed by creditors of the Eurozone is a little over strict, the fiscal austerity is somehow right on the track. The high welfare system is a very heavy burden for the economy which not only cause a lot of government debt but also demotivate labor force. We can see the effect of the fiscal austerity during 2011~2014, the GDP increased from -8% to -0.2%, which means that the economy is becoming better. From the
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Washington, DC June 28, 2009 Abstract Blessed with abundant land and water resources, Nigeria’s agricultural sector has a high potential for growth, but this potential is not being realized. Productivity is low and basically stagnant. Farming systems, which are mostly small in scale, are still predominantly subsistence-based and for the most part depend on the vagaries of the weather. Many agricultural policies have also been ineffective, either because they have been misguided, or because their
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in favor of impermanent exceptions for businesses creating additional employment opportunities. Another issue where Democrats and Republicans differ ideally is social programs. Democrats have been more supportive of additional finances going to welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, and other various programs designated to help people in need. Republicans recognize the need for these programs but were in favor of stricter funding for these programs. The idea of private social programs financed
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Social Inequalities: Gender and Employment The debate about the relative significance of gender has been important to the understanding of the structural force in society. There is a need to make a distinction, between women and men concerning their perceptions and roles within the workforce in today’s society. The distinction between sex and gender is that sex relates to the biological difference whereas gender relates to the socially unequal division into femininity and masculinity. Theorists
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number of Americans living in poverty is continually increasing. Poverty indicates the extent to which an individual does without resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources, and numerous studies
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private division and if this could be considered as discriminatory. The discussion will conclude by evaluating the current legal position as to whether there are problems within the division, if it is achieving its intended purpose, whether there are better approaches to make change if necessary or it is a false dichotomy to some extent? The basic legal framework
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