Income inequality ... those below the poverty threshold. By expanding access to healthcare for these privileged groups, Medicare and Medicaid ultimately aimed to reduce inequality.

Another prime motivation for minimum wage policies is to reduce income inequality by improving the lot of those ... but only as part of a broader policy effort toward significant poverty alleviation.

Abstract: This manuscript presents a co-optimization techniques of flexible alternative current transmission system (FACTS) devices and generations rescheduling in electricity market systems. The ...

Objective It was repeatedly shown that lower income is associated with higher risks for subsequent obesity. However, the perspective of a potential reverse causality is often neglected, in which ...

This study aimed to address the gap in the literature by estimating and decomposing income-related inequality of the utility index (UI) of EQ-5D-5L in mainland China. Methods Data were extracted from ...

Thus, vaccines could have an important role in poverty reduction. We develop a methodology that evaluates the financial risk protection (FRP) benefits of vaccines across income quintiles, thus adding ...

In a final modelling phase, the models explored how the policy interventions could transform poverty and inequality outcomes. They did this by following the intricate interplay of income and price ...

Castro hailed the survey results, recognizing the positive impact of the administration’s targeted programs aimed at poverty alleviation. In addition to the decline in self-rated poverty, the survey ...

Scoring 76 in the APC chairmanship screening, she currently serves as the Supervisor for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in Badagry West LCDA. Her initiatives, such as empowering women with ...

Conclusions: Cities with high income inequality and poverty are so far unable to reduce their mortality through local expenditures on public goods, regardless of the mayoral party. Longitudinal data ...

Lagos State government has disbursed approximately N2 billion through various poverty alleviation programs targeting vulnerable women and youths in the last year, according to the Commissioner for ...

Objective To assess trends and cross-country inequality in the global burden of six GI cancers ... particular attention is needed for high-burden areas such as East Asia and the High-income Asia ...