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Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality froma demographic point of view. In an … rate onthe equilibrium growth rate as well as on the income distribution. We show that therelationship between growth and … inequality is at first positive and then may benegative in the process of population aging. The results are consistent with …
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This paper investigates the relationship between growth and inequality from a demographicpoint of view. In an extended … on the equilibrium growth rateas well as on the income distribution. We show that the relationship between growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670761
Gender inequality is an acute and persistent problem, especially in developing countries. This paper argues that gender … lower economic growth; and that the former also implies a reduction in per capita GDP, while the latter distorts the …
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personal characteristics, country and year fixed effects, more freedom and economic growth both reduce revolutionary support …. To reduce support by the same amount requires adding 14 percentage points on to the GDP growth rate. Being Muslim in a …
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This paper is about measuring social well-being and evaluating policy. Part I is concerned with the links between the two, while Parts II and III, respectively, are devoted to the development of appropriate methods of measuring and evaluating. In Part II (Sections 4-7) I identify a minimal set...
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Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason why poor people remain poor. This paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion program to provide empirial evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian Central Bank mandated that a commercial bank can open a branch in...
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In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land … appreciable impact on growth and poverty. The evidence presented suggests that land reforms do appear to be associated with …
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In this paper we have built a model of financial intermediation that explains the GDP variability pattern of an economy during the development process. In our model, per capita is more volatile in the middle-income economies than in both low and high-income economies. We show that, if the model...
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Instead of Inequality analysis sometimes neglects the problem of allowing differences in people's non …
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predict the potential implications of particular growth policies to inequality, poverty and, consequently, to social …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 …
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