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Analysis of Pay Inequality and its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry

Kim, Yunhee; Lee, Jeong-Dong; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between pay inequality, economic growth, and performance in Korea. Pay inequality is estimated by using Theil's index to identify the factors determining the level of pay inequality, and establish its relationship with economic growth and performance. For the...

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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761854

Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as equivalent of continental and sub-continental levels. We investigate the economic disparity between...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822346

Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...

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Regional Income Inequality in Selected Large Countries

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

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Inequalities and Their Measurement

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper is a review of the recent advances in the measurement of inequality. Inequality can have several dimensions. Economists are mostly concerned with the income and consumption dimensions of inequality. Several inequality indices including the most widely used index of inequality namely...

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Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy

Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Wehner, Caroline - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Before the Great Recession, rising income inequality within the European Union member states has been considered to be one driver for an increasing Euroskepticism. Using rich data on attitudes towards European integration from the Eurobarometer (EB) surveys, we revisit the issue by analyzing the...

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Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty

Bagchi, Sutirtha; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in tackling the question, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes magazine's listing of billionaires and...

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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Income Mobility of Individuals in China and the United States

Khor, Niny; Pencavel, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Though much has been written about annual income inequality in China, little research has been conducted on longer run … measures of income inequality and on income mobility. This paper compares income mobility of urban individuals in China and the … misleading indicators of long-run income inequality? How much income mobility was there in China in the first half of the 1990s …

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