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Heterogeneous Agents, Human Capital Formation and International Income Inequality
Munandar, Haris - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
The paper examines the effect of heterogeneity in individual human capital formation on cross-country income inequality …) individuals are heterogeneous with respect to inborn ability and parental human capital; (2) intergenerational transfers take … capital, we have endogenous heterogeneity both in labor supply and in parents’ participation in self-educating their offspring …
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Human Capital and Cross-Country Comparison of Inequality
Viaene, Jean-Marie; Zilcha, Itzhak - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
The paper studies the effects of cross-country differences in the productionprocess of human capital on income … withrespect to parental human capital and wealth; (2) intergenerational transfers takeplace via parental education and, public … capital, which is a factor of production, we have endogenous growth. Weexplore several types of cross-country variations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256806
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National and International Income Dispersion and Aggregate Expenditures
Fillat, Carmen; Francois, Joseph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
We examine linkages between aggregate household income, distribution of that income, and aggregate cross-country expenditure patterns. We are able to decompose income effects into international income dispersion effects (from variations in average income) and national income dispersion (income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255538
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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256511
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257560
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The Effect of Growth and Inequality in Incomes on Health Inequality: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the European Panel
Ourti, Tom Van; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; Koolman, Xander - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
Europe aims at combining income growth with improvements in social cohesion as measured by income and health inequalities. We show that, theoretically, both aims can be reconciled only under very specific conditions concerning the type of growth and the income responsiveness of health. We...
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Rising Inequalities in Income and Health in China: Who is left behind?
Baeten, Steef; Ourti, Tom Van; Doorslaer, Eddy Van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
This discussion led to a publication in the 'Journal of Health Economics', 2013, 32, 6, 1214–1229.<P> During the last decades, China has experienced double-digit economic growth rates and rising inequality. This paper implements a new decomposition on the China Health and Nutrition panel Survey...</p>
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Are Education Subsidies an Efficient Redistributive Device?
Dur, Robert A.J.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
areimperfect substitutes in production, an increase in the level ofhuman capital in the economy reduces the return to education … capital.We discuss empirical evidence on three crucial elasticities. Ourargument explains the actual pattern of education …
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Diffusion of a Social Norm: Tracing the Emergence of the Housewife in the Netherlands, 1812-1922
Poppel, Frans W.A. van; Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Walhout, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...
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Do Floods have Permanent Effects? Evidence from the Netherlands
Husby, Trond G.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Hofkes, Marjan W.; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This study investigates the short- and long-run impact on population dynamics of the major flood in the Netherlands in 1953. A dynamic difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the flood had an immediate negative impact on population growth, but limited long term effects. In contrast, the...
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