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PhD Candidate @GC_CUNY| Junior Scholar @stone_lis |IIRR @elcolmex| PoliSci @uclspp |Former Fulbright @Comexus. #TaxTheRich Tweets Eng/Español
I realize thatit’s a bit ironic (backwards!) that I ended up spending more time on the chapter (out of the two) ... Still, I’m glad I did. I learned quite a lot. 🥹🥹🥹
August 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
* When it comes to inequality, social transfers also leave the overall picture largely unchanged. Once again, the most meaningful shift occurs before transfers, likely reflecting changes in labor-market policy.
July 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
receive social transfers.
* Using relative poverty (percentage of households below 50 % of the median income) as the benchmark, the impact of social transfers is slightly larger than in 2018 (a three-point reduction in 2024 versus a two-point reduction in 2018).
July 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
all income deciles—the absolute increase is identical for every decile, so the largest relative gains once again accrue to the richest deciles. *
*More concerning, coverage among the poorest decile has fallen compared with 2018 and 2022: only half of the poorest households now...
July 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Tasha Fairfield, Gary Goertz, Alan Jacobs, Diana Kapiszewski, James Mahoney! Happy to represent the Department of Political Science of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Amazing Guney, huge congrats!
June 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM