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The Knowledge Trap : Human Capital and Development Reconsidered
Jones, Benjamin F. - 2008
knowledge. This simple idea can inform cross-country income differences, international trade patterns, poverty traps, and price …
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Intrahousehold Inequality
Chiappori, Pierre-André - 2014
Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element of the distribution of welfare that can vary dramatically depending on overall environmental and economic factors. Thus, measures of inequality that ignore intra household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458473
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The problems of disadvantaged youth : an economic perspective
Gruber, Jonathan (ed.) - 2009
Introduction: what have we learned about the problems of and prospects for disadvantaged youth? / Jonathan Gruber -- Education : the behavioral consequences of pre-kindergarten participation for disadvantaged youth / David Figlio and Jeffrey Roth -- Is gaining access to selective elementary...
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Six papers on the size distribution of wealth and income
Soltow, Lee (contributor) - 1969
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Small differences that matter : labor markets and income maintenance in Canada and the United States
Card, David E. (contributor); Card, David E. (ed.);  … - 1993
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Finance, inequality, and poverty : cross-country evidence
Beck, Thorsten - 2004
development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we … and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the … poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522996
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Finance, Inequality, and Poverty : Cross-Country Evidence
Beck, Thorsten - 2004
development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we … and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the … poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467709
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Trade, Inequality, and Poverty : What Do We Know? Evidence from Recent Trade Liberalization Episodes in Developing Countries
Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - 2004
We review the empirical evidence on the relationship between Trade Liberalization, Inequality, and Poverty based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468100
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The impact of international trade on wages
Feenstra, Robert C. (ed.) - 2000
Since the early 1980s, the U.S. economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing...
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Models of income determination
1964
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