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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Can international migration promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability? In order to examine this question, we designed a behavioral measure of the population’s desire for better governance. A postcard was distributed to households with the pledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854468
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African Jobless Growth Morphology:Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As by product of economic growth, jobs are indeed transformational. In other words, efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do (as more productive jobs appear and less productive one disappear). In fact societies flourish as jobs bring together people from different ethnic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107833
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683292
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match.
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and … income redistribution. Income inequality is predicted to have a more favorable impact on subjective wellbeing for individuals … differences in individual tolerance for income inequality, and the predicted influence of actual fairness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112607
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557077
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557081
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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259767
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Global Insecurity,Transparency and Sustainable Development:African Challenges
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Notably, the 20th century was dominated by the legacy of devastating global wars, colonial struggles, and ideological conflicts as well as effort s to establish international systems that would foster global peace and prosperity. Yet, insecurity and corruption not only remain, they have become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112282
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Inequality and Institutions
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We exhibit a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124033
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Explaining the two-way causality between inequality and democratization through corruption and concentration of power
Eren, Ozlem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Corruption increases inequality in the society (Gupta et al, 1998) by reducing economic growth, biasing the tax system … then as democracy grows corruption decreases. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between inequality … and democracy in two directions, both the effect of democracy on inequality and the effect of inequality on democracy. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695054