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Blood for Social Status: Preliminary Evidence from Rural China
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Xi Chen acknowledges generous Doctoral Research Grant from the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University and precious data set provided by the Development Strategy and Governance Division at IFPRI. Conference Travel Grant provided by the Department of Applied Economics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012534
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Diaspora transferts statut social et inégalité
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We consider a model that extends the scope of social preferences of the families of the migrants. This extension allows us to show that if some poor families receive remittances and social culture affects the composition of their consumption, then in presence of strong social inequality, poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109553
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The joint effect of human capital and income inequalities on HIV/AIDS prevalence: An exploratory investigation
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Dasmani, Isaac - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The evidence of higher income inequality leading to increased HIV prevalence through channels of coercion and migration … relationship. Initially from income inequality to HIV prevalence; then from HIV prevalence to reduced human capital formation and … subsequently generating human capital inequality via reduced investment in human capital of affected households and back to income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562628
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Wealth inequality in Europe and the delusive egalitarianism of Scandinavian countries
Skopek, Nora; Buchholz, Sandra; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
patterns of income inequality. Surprisingly high levels of wealth disparity were found in the social democratic welfare regimes …
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