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sample of countries in the period 1960-2000. Even though welfare inequality across countries appeared stable, the …. In terms of the world population distribution, welfare inequality decreased as the result of the decline in inequality of …
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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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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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The paper describes the sample surveys on the personal distribution of incomes conducted in post-war Italy: the first survey carried out by Istituto Doxa in 1947-48; the sample survey of household income and wealth conducted by the Bank of Italy since the late 1960s; the expenditure survey, and...
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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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This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs … rules, regardless of background and circumstances. These traits matter when it comes to how inequality affects subjective … levels of inequality. In the case of moderation, inequality aversion can be read in terms of a desire for stability: people …
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