low earner

collocation in English

meaningsoflowandearner

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low
adjective
uk
/ləʊ/us
/loʊ/
not measuring much from the base to ...
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earner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɜː.nər/us
/ˈɝː.nɚ/
someone or something that ...
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(Definition oflowandearnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflow earner

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Moreover, those helped are seldom families with one relativelylowearner, yet that is where poverty tends to occur.
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Further, the limit would be unfair as being higher for the high earner than for thelowearner.
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A high earner's loss is bound to be higher than that of alowearner.
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We should consider the matter from the view of somebody who is alowearner, but pays some tax.
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Thelowearnerderives comparatively little benefit from the supplement, and the unskilled man tends to be alowearner.
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It would cost nothing to let thelowearneron supplementary benefit allowance get some benefit from part-time work.
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That is £40 extra for thatlowearner.
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Recent reforms to maternity allowances have equally credited in low earners (albeit with different rules).
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Targeting toward low earners may therefore reward low labor force participation.
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Women tend to be low earners, hence beneficiaries of targeting in the new public pillars.
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While low earners receive a relatively high subsidy due to the flat-rate subsidy, higher earners benefit additionally from the tax deductions.
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To keep retirees above the poverty line, this is substantially supplemented by means-tested benefits that are targeted at low earners.
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The proportion of base varied negatively with wages, ranging from 13 % for high earners to 80 % for low earners.
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We also use survey data to show that low earners are the least willing to tolerate such risk.
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Low earners of both genders benefit disproportionately from targeted redistributions in all three countries.
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Further, as we have seen, the new public pillars are tilted toward low earners, who are predominantly women.
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Compared with the 22% differential between net and gross replacement rates at average earnings, the difference for low earners is just 17 % on average.
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The countries with the lowest replacement rates for low earners are those with the lowest first-tier pensions.
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