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per capita affect income inequality and how they differ. The results suggest a U-shaped relationship of both measures of … GDP per capita is used, inequality is higher, leading to the conclusion that countries with policies that inflate GDP … behavioral similarity between the income of the richest 10% of population and income inequality. Lastly, there is also a …
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also imply, however, that this reduction in income inequality comes at a cost. High participation rates are related to …
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We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the … trade openness on income inequality differs across countries. Trade openness tends to disproportionately benefit the … economies, trade openness increased income inequality, an effect that is driven by outliers. Our results suggest a strong effect …
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relationship between globalization and inequality. We conclude that institutions providing income insurance and education, which …This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive …
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When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …-term income inequality trends. …
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We propose two novel methods to "bring ABMs to the data". First, we put forward a new Bayesian procedure to estimate the numerical values of ABM parameters that takes into account the time structure of simulated and observed time series. Second, we propose a method to forecast aggregate time...
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In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution as well. The theory attributes this … partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined …
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This paper presents a novel way to disentangle inequality aversion over time from inequality aversion between regions … of inequality aversion. We use two integrated assessment models (FUND and RICE) for our numerical exercise to get more … robust findings. Our results suggest that inequality considerations lead to a higher (lower) SCC values in high (low) income …
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damage function. This result offers a simple rule to account for inequality in the design of climate policy. We show that … wealthier regions should bear more responsibility for carbon capture to cleanse the atmosphere, and that inequality per se does …
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world. Unstable cross-market linkages during a crisis are referred to as financial contagion. We simulate crisis … to destabilise cross-market linkages. In the real world, such information would be extremely valuable in developing …
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