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The paper compares income inequality of households and individuals. Obviously, the latter is greater than the former; in fact households operate a broad redistribution of resources both between earners and non earners (children, unemployed, housewives), and between earners of unequal income....
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We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income … and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury … adjusting survey data using the information from the administrative records, average housing wealth increases by some 25 per …
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We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income … and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury … adjusting survey data using the information from the administrative records, average housing wealth increases by some 25 per …
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The paper describes first the evolution in total household wealth in Italy over the period 1965-2010 before addressing … 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 …
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This paper aims to describe non-respondents in the Bank of Italy�s Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) and … to measure the underestimation of income and wealth attributable to non-response. The evidence confirms that non … vary from 5 to 14 per cent, probably owing to a greater asymmetry in the distribution of wealth. …
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In this paper we analyze the role played by self-confidence, modeled as beliefs about one�s ability, in shaping task choices. We propose a model in which fully rational agents exploit all the available information to update their beliefs using Bayes� rule, eventually learning their...
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