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Inherited wealth and demographic aging
Onder, Harun; Pestieau, Pierre - 2016
The role of inherited wealth in modern economies has increasingly become under scrutiny. This study presents one of the first attempts to shed light on how demographic aging could shape this role. We show that, in the absence of retirement annuities, or for a given level of annuitization, both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499894
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The economic effects of Covid-19 in Sweden : a report on income, taxes, distribution, and government support policies
Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023
, escalating income inequality. Policy simulations indicate government support measures mitigated wage income reduction and … unemployment rise, yet they contributed to income inequality under certain conditions. These results provide insight into the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014310061
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Leaving home with a partner
Bentolila, Samuel; Méndez Martínez, Ildefonso; … - 2015
Leaving the parental home is often a decision made together by two people. In this paper we present a theoretical model analyzing moving out as a joint decision and then test its implications using a new dataset of university graduates collected in the southern Spanish region of Murcia in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528941
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Marriage market equilibrium, qualifications, and ability
Anderberg, Dan; Bagger, Jesper; Bhaskar, Varsha; … - 2019
We study marital sorting on academic qualifications and latent ability in an equilibrium marriage market model using the 1972 UK Raising of the School-Leaving Age (RoSLA) legislation as a natural experiment that induced a sudden, large shift in the distribution of academic qualifications in...
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2020
are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206058
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Male wage inequality and characteristics of "early mover" marriages
Mansour, Hani; McKinnish, Terra G. - 2022
Previous work shows that higher male wage inequality decreases the share of ever married women in their 20s, consistent …, male wage inequality should be associated with higher husband quality among those "early-mover"women who choose to forgo …-2018 that married women ages 22-30 in marriage markets with greater male wage inequality are more likely to marry up in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938963
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2021
are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326493
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The weight of inequality : variation with industrialization and wealth
Carson, Scott Alan - 2015
greater wealth inequality. …
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The unequal consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic : evidence from a large representative German population survey
Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, Andreas - 2021
We employ panel data from three waves of a large representative population survey carried out between June and November 2020 to assess in what regards and to what extent different groups of the German population are affected by the COVID- 19 crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate...
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Is there still son preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Brummund, Peter; … - 2019 - Revised, October 2019
In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...
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