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Government and human capital in a model of development through modernization and specialization
Yuki, Kazuhiro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
naturally from realistic features of the model and appropriate redistribution can correct the inefficiencies except at a fairly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476367
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Charting Income Inequality: The Lorenz Curve
Bellù, Lorenzo G.; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality measurement. A short conceptual background, a step-by-step procedure and a simple numerical example illustrate how to calculate and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919738
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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Crossing Generalised Lorenz Curves
Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper illustrates how Crossing Generalised Lorenz (GL) curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. It starts by illustrating two alternative income distributions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924809
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Fixing Europe's youth unemployment and skills mismatch, can public financial support to SMEs be effective? The case of the European Commission and European Investment Bank joint in...
Floreani, Vincent Arthur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
“We risk having a generation that hasn’t held a job. Personal dignity comes from working [...] Young people are in a crisis". Pope Francis - July the 22nd, 2013. Youth unemployment is a critical issue across the European Union with 5.5 million people unemployed among the 18-24 years age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109161
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Maximin-optimal sustainable growth with nonrenewable resource and externalities
Bazhanov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
I offer an approach linking a welfare criterion to the "sustainable development potential" of the economy. This implies a dependence of a criterion on the information about the current state. I consider the problem for the Dasgupta-Heal-Solow-Stiglitz model with externalities. The economy-linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837314
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Distribution of personal income tax changes in Slovenia
Cok, Mitja; Sambt, Joze; Kosak, Marko; Verbic, Miroslav; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Slovenia belongs to a group of EU member states that have reduced their personal income tax burden during the current financial and economic crisis. The latest changes, introduced in the personal income tax system during the last two years, have primarily reduced the tax burden on low-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203641
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Meltzer-Richard and social mobility hypothesis: revisiting the income-redistribution nexus using German choice data
Pfarr, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
are controversially discussed in international literature. Economic theory typically models redistribution as the result …Whereas the supply of redistribution is relatively easy to measure, the determinants of the demand for redistribution … constraint. This study aims at eliciting preferences for redistribution in Germany with the help of a Discrete Choice Experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259582
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Equity and justice in global warming policy
Kverndokk, Snorre; Rose, Adam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Many countries are implementing or at least considering policies to counter increasingly certain negative impacts from climate change. An increasing amount of research has been devoted to the analysis of the costs of climate change and its mitigation, as well as to the design of policies, such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614989
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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Lorenz Curves
Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper illustrates how Lorenz Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds, within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. After highlighting some drawbacks of using specific functional forms of the Social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004151