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general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine crosscountry … variation in inequality with respect to import protection. Results are consistent with predictions of the factor-intensity model …
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well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. …
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P-p plots contain all the information that is needed for scale-invariant comparisons. Indeed, Empirical Distribution …-p plots for two balanced sample of size <I>n</I> absent ties. Distributions of EDF test statistics are embedded in this set …
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Organization differ in the degree to which they differentiate employees by ability. We analyse how the effect of differentiation on employee morale may explain this variation. By comparing employees using ordinary talk, a manager boosts the self-image of some, but hurts that of others. Whether...
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We identify the conditions under which voters can induce political parties to collect information and to select policies which are optimal from the representative voter’s point of view. We show that when parties are office motivated the voting rule should encourage parties to collect...
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. In this paper we examine how in a two-party system polarization and political instability affect learning through …, polarization between political parties does not always decrease active learning. In the case with endogenous elections we find that …
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panel data from the European Community Household Panel surveys. We use pooled interval regressions and inequality … income inequality and modest increases in income-related health inequality in the majority of countries. Keywords: income … inequality, health inequality, income elasticity of health, Europe. Classification-JEL: D30, D31, I10, I12. …
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While there is no doubt that health is strongly correlated with education, whether schooling exerts a causal impact on health is not yet firmly established. We exploit Dutch compulsory schooling laws in a Regression Discontinuity Design applied to linked data from health surveys, tax files and...
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social welfare into real income level and variance components through Gini and Atkinson indexes. We embed these inequality …-adjusted social welfare functions in a general equilibrium structure mapping from tariff protection to household inequality. This … yields predictions regarding the linkages between trade protection, country characteristics and inequality in Heckscher …
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consumption-pattern based inequality index that summarizes the projection of inequality through expenditure patterns. Estimation …
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