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Using personal car register for measuring economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy : evidence for Latvia

Dombrovsky, Vyacheslav; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2011

reported in our paper. -- Economic inequality ; cars ; social signaling ; Gini index ; Latvia …We suggest to use information from the state register of personal cars as an alternative indicator of economic … inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy. We illustrate our approach using the Latvian pool of personal cars …

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Chapter 26. Social Capital

Durlauf, Steven N.; Fafchamps, Marcel - 2005

This chapter surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...

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Social vouchers : Innovative tools for social inclusion and local development

OECD - 2021

This paper explores the role of social vouchers as a tool for social inclusion and local development. It presents a typology of vouchers and their objectives, governing institutional and regulatory frameworks, use by national and local governments, and the social economy (Section1). It analyses...

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Bonos sociales : Instrumentos innovadores para la inclusión social y el desarrollo local

OECD - 2023

En este documento se estudia el papel de los bonos sociales como instrumento para la inclusión social y el desarrollo local. El documento presenta una tipología de los bonos y sus objetivos, de los marcos institucionales y regulatorios vigentes, del uso que hacen de ellos los gobiernos locales...

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Vales Sociais : Instrumentos inovadores para a inclusão social e o desenvolvimento local

OECD - 2023

Este documento explora a função dos vales sociais como um instrumento de inclusão social e desenvolvimento local. Apresenta uma tipologia dos vales e dos respetivos objetivos, que regem os quadros institucionais e regulamentares, a utilização pelos governos nacionais e locais e a economia...

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Transitions to and from formal employment and income dynamics : Evidence from developing economies

Aleksynska, Mariya - 2023

Using panel data for Indonesia, Malawi, Peru and South Africa, this paper investigates the relationship between transitions to formal employment and workers' labour income. It shows that transiting from informal to formal employment increases the probability of improving workers' labour income...

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Exclusive Goods and Formal-Sector Employment

Foellmi, Reto; Zweimüller, Josef - In: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 242-72

We explore how the underemployment problem of less-developed economies is related to income inequality. Consumers have nonhomothetic preferences over differentiated products of formal-sector goods and thus inequality affects the composition of aggregate demand via the price-setting behavior of...

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Does the intelligence of populations determine the wealth of nations?

Daniele, Vittorio - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 46 (2013) C, pp. 27-37

Can the average intelligence quotient (IQ) of populations be considered the root cause of international development inequalities? Psychologists and some economic studies have proposed the existence of a link between intelligence quotient and economic development. The paper tests this hypothesis,...

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Tendencies and Features of Income Inequality: Motivating Predistribution

Franzini, Maurizio; Raitano, Michele - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2014) 4

Income inequality raises serious problems because of its extent and its features. This paper starts from the empirical evidence on trends in disposable income inequality in the major OECD countries, distinguishing the roles played by market inequalities and by public redistribution. It then goes...

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Inferential results for a new measure of inequality

Davydov, Youri; Greselin, Francesca - In: The econometrics journal 22 (2019) 2, pp. 153-172

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