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Equality of Opportunity, Heterogeneity and Poverty

Nilsson, William - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005

explanation of intergenerational income correlation in Sweden. <p> Paper [II] focuses on the persistence of poverty in Sweden. The … purpose is to distinguish between two different reasons why poverty could persist on an individual level. By using a sample of … from true state dependence, where the experience of poverty leads to a higher risk of future poverty. The results, based on …

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Tax Policy and Present-Biased Preferences: Paternalism under International Capital Mobility

Aronsson, Thomas; Sjögren, Tomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2011

This paper deals with tax-policy responses to quasi-hyperbolic discounting. Earlier research on optimal paternalism typically abstracts from capital mobility. If capital is mobile between countries, it may no longer be possible for national governments to control domestic savings via capital...

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Multidimensional poverty with missing attributes

Acharya, Avidit; Roemer, John E. - In: Economics Letters 130 (2015) C, pp. 51-55

We show how to minimize the probability of misclassifying individuals as being poor or not poor when data on some of their relevant attributes are missing, but an estimate of the population distribution of attributes is available.

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Essays on Growth and Environment

Cialani, Catia - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2014

This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. <p> Paper [I] Following the 1987 report by The World Commission on Environment and Development, the genuine saving has come to play a key role in the context of sustainable development, and the World Bank regularly publishes numbers...</p>

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Reinterpreting the Frisch parameter in the field of personal taxation: A link between taxable capacity and social marginal utility in Optimal Taxation

Faíña, Andrés; López-Rodríguez, Jesús; … - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 1, pp. 81-83

We give an objective meaning to the concept of taxable capacity and establish a theoretical link between Optimal Taxation Theory (OTT) and the proposals of the Carter and Meade Reports, solving at the same time Kay’s (2008) criticism to both approaches.

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Heterogeneity or True State Dependence in Poverty - The tale told by twins

Nilsson, William - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005

This study focuses on the persistence of poverty in Sweden. The purpose is to distinguish between two different reasons … why poverty could persist on an individual level. By using a sample of identical twins, this study takes advantage of the … poverty leads to a higher risk of future poverty. The results, based on a four variate probit model, show the importance of …

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New weighting scheme for the dimensions in multidimensional poverty indices

Belhadj, Besma - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 304-307

By now, there is a wide range of methods to construct multidimensional well-being indices, differing in the way they transform, aggregate and weight the relevant dimensions. This paper uses a fuzzy theory approach to propose a new weighting scheme for the dimensions. These weights play a crucial...

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Accounting for the effect of health on cross-state income inequality in India

Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg; Kjøller-Hansen, Anders Oskar - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 252-255

We perform development accounting in accordance with Weil (2005, 2007) in a cross-state analysis of India. Results of similar magnitude are found, demonstrating that health can account for 1% to 18% of income differences depending on the health measure.

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About time: Daylight Saving Time transition and individual well-being

Kountouris, Yiannis; Remoundou, Kyriaki - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 1, pp. 100-103

Daylight Saving Time is controversial due to its alleged negative impact on individual well-being. Using panel data from Germany we find evidence that the transition to summer time has negative influence on general life satisfaction and mood, which is stronger for those in full time employment.

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Is soccer good for you? The motivational impact of big sporting events on the unemployed

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Siegloch, Sebastian - In: Economics Letters 123 (2014) 1, pp. 66-69

We examine the effect of salient international soccer tournaments on the motivation of unemployed individuals to search for employment using the German Socio Economic Panel 1984–2010. Exploiting the random scheduling of survey interviews, we find significant effects on motivational variables...

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