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development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …
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In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...
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We estimate trends in global earnings dispersion across occupational groups using a new database covering 66 developed and developing countries between 1970 and 2015. Our main finding is that global earnings inequality has declined, primarily during the 2000s, when the global Gini coefficient...
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Periods of rapid economic growth in developing countries have been well studied in terms of poverty and income inequality reduction, but much less is known about the performance of these countries in terms of economic mobility. We study intragenerational mobility in Peru using an asset-based...
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countries. We structurally estimate a model of oligopsony with free entry for countries at different stages of development and … the top of the development ladder. …
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-averse individuals. -- happiness ; inequality ; economic growth ; development ; Easterlin paradox …
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of economic development. Favorable economic institutions ensure the appropriability of rents in form of a state of law …, institutions shape the income distribution. Simulations illustrate how inequality affects the development process and may lead to …
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What are the long-term economic effects of a more equal distribution of wealth? We exploit variation in historical inheritance rules for land in Germany. In some German areas, inherited land was to be shared or divided equally among children, while in others land was ruled to be indivisible....
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This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
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-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political …
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