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Arnsperger, Christian; de la Croix, David - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 1994

This paper offers an analysis of the optimality of unemployment benefits based on the concept of no-envy. Using a general equilibrium framework whit uncertainty, we derive the conditions for a trade-off between the intensity of envy and the expected percentage of envious persons. If the...

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Basic income, unemployment and job scarcity

GROOT, Loek - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2004

The main claim of this paper is that in a world of equal entitlements to work rights the justification for a basic income is stronger, and that its level should be higher. the higher the level of unemployment or job scarcity. Point of departure is an economy with job scarcity. A fair way to deal...

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Beyond Gdp: Conceptual Grounds of Quantification. The Case of the Index of Economic Well-Being (IEWB)

THIRY, Géraldine - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2011

Today, though the need for new indicators of progress is broadly recognized, no consensus has arisen on a successor to GDP. Various – often conflicting – quantification options are observed. On one side, one finds those who want to improve current indicators, by completing or adjusting them,...

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Equivalence scales based on Subjective Income Evaluation: Are children really cheap?

BOSCH, Karel VAN DEN - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 1996

Answers of sample survey respondents to questions like the following one: "In the circumstances of your household, what income would you regard as the minimum (or good/bad/sufficient, etc.) for your household?" can be used to estimate equivalence scales. It is sometimes claimed that this is a...

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Informality and long-run growth

DOCQUIER, Frédéric; MÜLLER, Tobias; NAVAL, Joaquín - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2013

quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor …

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Global competition for attracting talents and the world economy

DOCQUIER, Frédéric; MACHADO, Joël - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2014

inequality (+1.2 percentage points in the Theil inequality index). Much greater effects can be obtained if total factor …

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The dynamic implications of liberalizing global migration

DELOGU, Marco; DOCQUIER, Frédéric; MACHADO, Joël - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2013

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the short-run, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: effi ciency and inequality e¤ects are roughly proportional …

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Remittances and inequality : A dynamic migration model

Frederic, DOCQUIER; Hillel, RAPOPORT; Shen, I-Leng - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2007

We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short-and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …

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Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact increase the employment rate of the elderly in Belgium? A macro-econometric evaluation

SMITH, Catherine - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2014

In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) with the objective to increase the employment rate of the elderly. In order to meet that objective, several active ageing policies and reforms were taken. The aim of this paper is to...

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Optimal disability assistance when fraud and stigma matter

Laurence, JACQUET - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2006

I study the optimal redistributive structure when individuals with distinct productivities also differ in disutility of work due to either disability or distase for work. Taxpayers have resentment against inactive benefit recipients because some of them are not actually disabled but lazy....

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