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The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering the Trade-off between Equality and Efficiency
Farvaque, Etienne; Mihailov, Alexander; Naghavi, Alireza - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011
social preferences in different economic systems. We introduce inequality-averse and ine¢ ciency-averse agents responding to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246553
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Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility
Jenkins, Stephen P.; VanKerm, Philippe - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963952
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Inequality and higher education in Italy The distributive impact of fees and subsidies to academics
Pacifico, Daniele - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2009
In this paper we evaluate in monetary terms the benefits from attending a post-secondary degree in an Italian university. We also propose a microsimulation model that takes into account the spatial distribution of scholarships, fees and other monetary and in-kind services related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492919
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Demographic forecasts, migration and transition theory: a labor market perspective
Bruni, Michele - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2009
The paper proposes a new logical system to build demographic scenarios based on a model that explain migration infl ows as a function of the manpower needs that countries with below replacement fertility are experiencing, as a result both of the decline in Working Age Population and employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492920
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Country Inequality Rankings and Conversion Schemes
Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682910
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De Jure and de Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2012
We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851303
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De Jure and de Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2012
We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929887
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Race v. Suffrage The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011
We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set composed of Mississippi counties. We analyze the effect of disfranchisement on voting registration at the end of the nineteenth century (1896-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319018
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386367
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A Note on Economic Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in the Philippines
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Reyes, Celia M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009394539