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Social health inequalities among older Europeans : the contribution of social and family background

Jusot, Florence; Tubeuf, Sandy - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

This analysis aims to get a step further in the understanding of the determining factors of social health inequalities, and to explore particularly the role played by parents’ social status and their vital status or age at death on the social health inequalities in adulthood among European...

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Fostering Renewables and Recycling a Carbon Tax: Joint Aggregate and Intergenerational Redistributive Effects

Gonand, Frédéric - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

A rising share of renewables in the energy mix push es up the average price of energy - and so does a carbon tax. However the former bolsters the accumulation of capital whereas the latter, if fully recycled, does not. Thus, in general equilibrium, the effects on growth and intertemporal welfare...

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A counterfactual simulation exercise of CO2 emissions abatement through fuel-switching in the UK (2008-2012)

Chevallier, Julien; Delarue, Erik; Lujan, Emeric; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

This paper uses the E-simulate model of electricity generation to estimate how much the stacking order of different technologies changes when a carbon price is introduced. Different coal and gas price scenarios are explored, and some sensitivity analysis is made of the relative market share of...

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Measuring inequalities: do household surveys paint a realistic picture?

Guénard, Charlotte; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

, it contends that it is hard to analyze inequality solely from consumption patterns without taking income and savings into …

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Social Mobility in Five African Countries

Cogneau, Denis; Bossuroy, Thomas - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013

This paper conceptualizes intergenerational occupational mobility between the farm and non-farm sectors in five African countries, measures it using nationally representative household survey data, and analyzes its determinants through a comparative method based on pooled logit regressions. We...

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Inégalités de niveaux de vie des actifs et des retraites francais: Ce que nous apprend la multi-décomposition de l'indice de Gini

Legendre, Bérangère - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

France. The multi-decomposition of an inequality measure allows us to put into perspective the role of social spending and …. However, we question the extent to which this multidimensional inequality indicator is a relevant tool for the study of … intergenerational inequalities. Does the multidimensional inequality indicator allow to deliver conclusions regarding retirement …

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Inequality and economic growth

Aghion, Philippe; Garcia-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Caroli, Eve - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 1998

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Dynamique de la pauvreté urbaine au Pérou et à Madagascar 1997-1999 : Une Analyse sur données de panel

Roubaud, François; Herrera, Javier - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2003

. These results suggest that the spatial « inequality » dimension should be added to analyses on income and poverty transition …

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Risk aversion and rising wage inequality

Caroli, Eve; Garcıa-Penalosa, Cecilia - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002

We propose a model in which, as incomes grow, workers become less risk-averse and move from ﬁxed-wage contracts to variable pay. This can explain the recent increase in wage dispersion between groups, within groups, and over the lifecycle.

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Transferts de fonds des migrants, pauvreté et inégalités au Mali. Analyse à partir de trois scénarios contrefactuels

Gubert, Flore; Lassourd, Thomas; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones …

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