low-income earner

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earner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɜː.nər/
us
/ˈɝː.nɚ/
someone or something that ...
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(Definition ofearnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For example, giving $100 is worth more to alow-incomeearnerthan to a high-income earner.
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High income-earners criticised the level of unemployment benefits and social assistance substantively less than low-income earners.
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In this paper, we focus on the most plausible case, in which the budget constraint (2) is binding for only middle-aged low-income earners.
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Differences between low-income earners and high-income earners were bigger in 1996 than they were in 1992.
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As low-income earners, we may expect workers to place greater emphasis on extrinsic\\hygiene than on intrinsic\\responsibility factors of work.
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A fraction of workers does elect outside investment products, with high-income earners and males taking more risk than low-income earners and females.
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The impact was particularly acute for low-income earners.
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Respondents belonging to the highest income bracket were more willing to introduce cut-backs both for income transfers and services than low-income earners.
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Income differences between high-income earners and low-income earners have widened since the recession.
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High-income earners, therefore, are more likely to become involved in and familiar with financial markets than low-income earners, and more inclined to make an investment decision.
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As shown subsequently, the transfer of d from low-income earners to high-income earners during old age serves as an incentive device forcing high-income earners to be honest.
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Because this is a regressive wage tax, it hits low-income earners hardest.
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We welcome his recognition of the destructive effect of high taxes on incomes earned by high-income earners as well as by low-income earners.
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