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This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality from a demographic point of view. In an extended … inequality is at first positive and then may be negative in the process of population aging. The results are consistent with the …
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This paper employs a decomposition analysis of inequality by income source to understand and explain particular aspects … of income inequality in Greece. The results suggest that entrepreneurial income is the most significant contributor to … overall inequality in Greece. It is also shown that there is a weak redistributive impact of taxes and social security …
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income inequality in Greece. This analysis is quite revealing for understanding and explaining income idfferences among … certain population subgroups with apparent policy implications. The degree to which overall inequality is attributable to … inequality between these sub groups or to inequality within them is investigated, employing a decomposition analysis by …
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will tend to be higher in countries with higher inequality and with greater pro-rich bias in the political system …. Conversely, the use of income tax will be higher in countries with lower inequality and less pro-rich bias. The model also … predicts that although inequality and political bias will have an impact on the composition of revenue, it will have no effect …
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evaluation comprise the alleviation of poverty and the reduction in income inequality, whilst the diversity of opinions about …
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By some definitions, social housing, social housing tenants are necessarily socially excluded. In other terms, in 2000, social housing tenants were at greater risk of being socially excluded than owner occupiers and private renters on measures of income, employment, education, health, and...
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inequality of opportunity, as well as to greater output. This provides an additional rationale for an active role for the …
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In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within …
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Romania has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe for ischemic heart disease and, especially, for cerebrovascular disease. Taking into account the actual prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, an augmentation of the demand for specialized medical services is expected. As this paper...
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transform distributions to satisfy the Law with arbitrary precision and induce scale invariance, freeing tests from the choice … distributions. …
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