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The rise of China's global middle class in international perspective
Sicular, Terry; Yang, Xiuna; Gustafsson, Björn - 2021
, rapid expansions of the middle class are transition economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588683
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The rise of China's global middle class in international perspective
Sicular, Terry; Yang, Xiuna; Gustafsson, Björn - 2021
, rapid expansions of the middle class are transition economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591395
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Natural resources and income inequality in developed countries : synthetic control method evidence
Hartwell, Christopher A.; Horváth, Roman; Horvathova, Eva - Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung - 2019
We examine the causal effect of natural resource discoveries on income inequality using the synthetic control method on data from 1947 to 2009. We focus on the natural discoveries in Denmark, Netherlands and Norway in the 1960-1970s and use top 1% and top 10% income share as the measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999744
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Natural resources and income inequality in developed countries: Synthetic control method evidence
Hartwell, Christopher; Horváth, Roman; Horvathova, Eva; … - 2019
We examine the causal effect of natural resource discoveries on income inequality using the synthetic control method on data from 1947 to 2009. We focus on the natural discoveries in Denmark, Netherlands and Norway in the 1960-1970s and use top 1% and top 10% income share as the measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006674
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The Role of Energy Equity and Income Inequality in Environmental Sustainability
Ofori, Pamela E.; Ofori, Isaac K.; Annan, Kenneth - In: Journal of Cleaner Production (2024) forthcoming
Progress in energy equity, income equality, and environmental quality are fundamental to sustainable development. However, studies providing evidence-based recommendations concerning the joint effect of energy equity and income inequality on environmental sustainability in Africa are lacking....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580920
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The Long Trace of Inequality : Evidence from Cundinamarca, Colombia
Galán, Juan Sebastián - 2011
This paper uses historic data from Cundinamarca, Colombia to empirically assess the impact of land inequality persistence, inherited from the colonial rule, on economic development in the long run. Based on the Engerman & Sokoloff hypothesis and the use of GIS, I use plausible exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181289
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Pro-rural policies, income and inequality : Evaluating a cash-for-work program in rural China
Chen, Yu; Démurger, Sylvie - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2014
Despite the dramatic reduction of poverty in China over the past thirty-five years, poverty has not been fully eradicated in rural areas, and in the context of growing inequalities, it remains a national concern. This paper examines a local cash-for-work program launched in mountainous areas of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011031510
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Trade openness and income inequality : new empirical evidence
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021
of trade openness on inequality in China and transition countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599018
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Globalization and income inequality revisited
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and … characterize most advanced economies but are less developed in transition economies, may have moderated effects of globalization on …This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789164
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Trade openness and income inequality : new empirical evidence
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021
of trade openness on inequality in China and transition countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592197