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the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined … afterwards. By international standards, Italy does not have a high level of wealth inequality (contrary to the evidence available … together with the opinions on inequality collected by means of statistical surveys. …
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I study the interactions between the distribution of human capital, technological choice, and redistributive institutions. I first ask what makes alternative social contracts such as a European-style "welfare state" and US-style "laissez-faire" sustainable, and in particular how each is affected...
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modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
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We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of … income inequality grew substantially), and also for income growth to have been pro-poor. Income growth was also pro-poor in … Western Germany, more so than in the USA, and inequality did not rise as much. …
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each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …
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-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two … form of the index. These problems are illustrated by comparing inequality and deprivation in income and health in the four …
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Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes … country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the finding by means of inequality decomposition. A bootstrap …
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This paper exploits the tax records to analyze the geography of income inequality in Italy. In 2011, the Gini … coefficient, the most common measure of inequality, was 40 per cent at national level. In the South it was 3 percentage points …. Inequality is also greater in major metropolitan areas. The Gini index has been increasing during the Great Recession. This …
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The relationship between inequality and trust has attracted the interest of many scholars who have found a negative … relationship between the two variables. However, the causal link from inequality to trust is far from being identified and the … variable estimates using the predicted exposure to technological change as an exogenous driver of inequality. According to our …
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, an increase in inequality will not unambigously increase redistribution. Finally, introducing endogenous information may …
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