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financial sector, who helped cause the Great Recession and yet were bailed out by the government. Increases in inequality might …
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This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
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This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125904
, because a good deal of inequality is already apparent by the time children start school, and because children’s development … may be less amenable to change after they enter school. But it is less clear how much policies can reduce inequality in …
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This paper summarises key themes and research findings from papers presented at an event hosted by CASE on 23rd January 2014: - Blanden, J. & Macmillan, L. (2014) Education and Intergenerational Mobility: Help or Hindrance? CASEpaper (forthcoming) - Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L.,...
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rise in inequality will lead to more redistribution. This paper shows that, for the UK in the period 1983-2004, a plausibly … exogenous rise in income inequality has not been associated with increased redistribution. We then explore this further using … attitudinal data. We show that the demand for redistribution, having shown considerable variation over time, is at an all-time low …
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context of public attitudes to inequality and different forms of redistribution. It compares the distributional effects of the … public attitudes. However, delays between Budget announcements and implementation meant that inequality and relative poverty …
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The paper studies credible information transmission by governments. A group of heterogenous individuals have to make private investment and labour supply decisions while relying on the government for information about investment returns. The government consists of an elected citizen who chooses...
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bolster political incentives through contributions. Economies with a stronger middle class due to lower inequality or lower …
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. The example of the iron industry shows that many new ideas and skills flowed into India from Europe, but not all met with …
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