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debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … empirical applications provide important new insights on the development of unfair inequality both over time (in the US) and …
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We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, in which trust increases efficiency and thus allows …
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This paper adds to our understanding of the causes of income inequality across nations by examining the influence of … different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …
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This paper adds to our understanding of the causes of income inequality across nations by examining the influence of … different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239326
This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century …. Inequality, measured with anthropometric methods, was associated with a lower speed of human capital formation. Not all talents …, in its northern regions we find that Chile was relatively equal and numerate during the 19th century, and the south …
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This chapter reviews the literature on the causal effects of policies on fertility. It focuses on evidence from experiments and quasi-experiments in low fertility contexts, including studies from Europe, Northern America, Oceania and Asia. Making no a priori restrictions on policy type, the...
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The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never declined over longer time spans in Eastern Germany since 1880 - except for the most recent period 1997-2006. In the Eastern German Land of Brandenburg, a data set of 253,050 pre-school...
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The average height of children is an indicator for the quality of nutrition and health care. Heights have never declined over longer time spans in Eastern Germany since 1880 - except for the most recent period 1997-2006. In the Eastern German Land of Brandenburg, a data set of 253,050 pre-school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316616
According to many observers, the world is currently getting riskier along many of its dimensions. In this paper we analyse how the welfare state, i.e., social insurance that works through redistributive taxation, should deal with this trend. We distinguish between risks that can be insured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315455
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...
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