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The Dynamics of Exclusion and Fiscal Conservatism

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper studies the impact of income inequality on fiscal conservatism when an increase in inequality affects the bottom portion of income distribution. It is argued that, contrary to what is generally assumed in the economic literature, inequality will then be associated with less, rather...

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The Evolution of Modern Educational Systems: Technical Vs. General Education, Distributional Conflict and Growth

Bertocchi, Graziella; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We study the evolution of an educational system which is founded on a hierarchical differentiation between technical and general education, with a superior social status attached to general. The resulting dynamic political equilibrium is best summarized by the ratio of vocational to general...

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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...

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Trade and Tasks: An Exploration over Three Decades in Germany

Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper combines representative worker-level data that cover time-varying job-level task characteristics of an economy over a long time span with sector-level bilateral trade data. We carefully create longitudinally consistent workplace characteristics from the German Qualification and Career...

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The Economics of Human Cloning

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

In this Paper, we analyse the extent to which market forces create an incentive for cloning human beings. We show that a market for cloning arises if a large enough fraction of the clone's income can be appropriated by its model. Only people with the highest ability are cloned, while people at...

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Information Technology and the Knowledge Elites

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

proportion of knowledge workers in employment, depending on the response of the overall demand for knowledge to the implied … reduction in the cost of acquiring it. In my model, knowledge (in a broad sense) is an input into the production function of … knowledge input in the production of human capital. An improvement in IT is modelled as an increase in the number of people who …

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Minimum Income in Portugal: Changing the Rules in Times of Crisis

Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2012

of the law that establish the non-contributory social benefits entitlement conditions in Portugal, with particular …

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The Age-Old Problem of Old Age Poverty in Portugal

Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Andrade, Isabel - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2013

The Portuguese elderly poverty rate has decreased significantly in recent years as elderly incomes have increased, and inequality and material deprivation levels have converged to their national levels. This paper investigates whether this improved situation is widespread across the elderly, but...

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Anti-poverty effectiveness and efficiency of the Guaranteed Minimum Income Programme in Portugal

Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2001

The objective of this paper is to estimate the impact of the Portuguese Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) Programme on income distribution and to evaluate its effectiveness and efficiency in fighting situations of poverty and social exclusion. We estimate its impact on the distribution of...

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The Redistributive Impact of the Guaranteed Minimum Income Programme in Portugal

Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2004

distribution in Portugal, and discuss its effectiveness and efficiency in fighting poverty and social exclusion in the country. We …

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