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The evolution of income inequality in the European Union
Alvarez-Garcia, Santiago; Prieto-Rodriguez, Juan; … - EconWPA - 2003
The objective of this work is to analyse the income inequality in the 15 EU countries during the convergence process to … whether the inequality of income has diminished within and between countries over time. Gini's generalised family indices … the results obtained to different degrees of inequality aversion and to different equivalence scales, taking into account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076592
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Why we all do care about inequality (but are loath to admit it)
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2004
This note is motivated by recent arguments made by Martin Feldstein in which the relevance of inequality is dismissed … (if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty … alleviation should matter. This note shows that we all do care about inequality, and to hold that we should be concerned with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076936
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Poverty and Inequality in Rural Assam An Indicative Study of Seven Villages in Udalguri Subdivision, Assam (India)
Mishra, SK; Daimari, Prasen - EconWPA - 2005
This study is based on primary data collected from randomly chosen 182 households inhabiting seven sample villages in the Udalguri subdivision, Assam (india). It indicates that at least 35.85 percent of the population (and 33.52 percent of households) in the sample villages is below poverty line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407795
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Spatial Price Differences in China: Estimates and Implications
Brandt, Loren; Holz, Carsten - EconWPA - 2005
in explaining such economic outcomes as inequality can lead to misinterpretations. Income should be adjusted for costs of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413246
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Poverty, Inequality and Permeability to Globalization Effects : A Study of Select Villages in Udalguri Subdivision of Assam
Mishra, SK; Daimari, Prasen - EconWPA - 2005
Globalization is a deliberate decision to open up a national economy to the forces of product, factor and money markets, followed by a sequence of requisite policies and actions. The Indian economy shed off its 40- year long license and quota regime and went in for globalization in the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119015
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Why we all do care about inequality (but are loath to admit it)
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2004
This note is motivated by recent arguments made by Martin Feldstein in which the relevance of inequality is dismissed … (if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty … alleviation should matter. This note shows that we all do care about inequality, and to hold that we should be concerned with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561548
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Gender Inequality in a Globalizing World
Seguino, Stephanie - EconWPA - 2005
Emphasis on market-friendly macroeconomic and development strategies in recent years has resulted in deleterious effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example of East Asia states, which recognized their position as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412981
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The Two Faces of Knowledge Diffusion: the Chilean Case
Morone, Piergiuseppe - EconWPA - 2002
This paper analyses the dynamics of return to knowledge where knowledge is acquired through the combination of interactive and individual learning. We suggest that in light of this new definition of knowledge, choosing the optimal level of education is no longer an individual exercise of present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408325
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn - EconWPA - 2005
inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two … large data bases of wage inequality that have become recently available and a large dataset of average tariff rates all …-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408336
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn - EconWPA - 2005
inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two … large data bases of wage inequality that have become recently available and a large dataset of average tariff rates all …-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119296