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Rural household income mobility in transitional China : evidence from China Household Income Project
Yang, Sui - 2015
the major source, followed by the 'growth mobility'. The comparison with income inequality indicated that the low degree … of mobility is not conducive to the narrowing of inequality. However, the high degree is not accompanied by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470414
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Revisiting the links between economic inequality and political violence : the role of social mobilization
Justino, Patricia - 2022
The main aim of this paper is to explore theoretically important mechanisms through which economic inequalities may affect the emergence of political violence given the forms of social mobilization they (may) generate. The paper identifies and explores two mechanisms under which social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816257
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Snakes and ladders and loaded dice : poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa, 2008-2017
Zizzamia, Rocco; Schotte, Simone; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2019
the dynamic study of inequality through the lens of social stratification. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011987096
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Intergenerational mobility, human capital accumulation, and growth in India
Weide, Roy van der; Vigh, Melinda - 2018
Productivity and socio-economic progress are inter-connected. Economic growth funds policies that promote socio-economic progress, while the latter serves as a growth engine. A society with high mobility is one where individual achievements are influenced less by the individual’s parents and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962601
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Inequality trends and dynamics in India : the bird's-eye and the granular perspectives
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw, Peter - 2018
accelerated. There is concern, however, that this growth is being accompanied by rising inequality. We report on a research … project that examines inequality trends and dynamics at the all-India level over three decades up to 2011/12 and contrasts … these with evidence at the level of the village, or the urban block. We further unpack inequality to explore dynamics in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966578
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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China and the United States : different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
Weide, Roy van der; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161622
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Does Immigration Induce "Native Flight" from Public Schools into Private Schools?
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
The paper tests whether native-born American families respond to inflows of immigrants by sending their children to private school.  The analysis uses 1980 and 1990 Census data from 132 metropolitan areas.  For primary school students, no significant relation between immigration and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928894
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Is There "White Flight" into Private Schools? Evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
Using a recently released confidential dataset from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), we find some evidence of "white flight" from public schools into private schools partly in response to minority schoolchildren.  We also examine whether "white flight" is from all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929810
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Explaining Ethnic, Racial, and Immigrant Differences in Private School Attendance
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
Using 1990 Census microdata, we explore ethnic, racial and immigrant differences in private school attendance.  We find high rates of private school attendance among white natives, white immigrants, and Asian natives.  In contrast, we find low private school rates among black and Hispanic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929812