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for redistribution are influenced by individual beliefs on the origins of social inequality and public values. The first … rationality” depended on beliefs concerning individual responsibility in the creation of inequality. This model is then confronted … with empirical field data demonstrating the link between individuals‟ normative beliefs and their preferences for …
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for redistribution are influenced by individual beliefs on the origins of social inequality and public values. The first … rationality” depended on beliefs concerning individual responsibility in the creation of inequality. This model is then confronted … with empirical field data demonstrating the link between individuals’ normative beliefs and judgments and their preferences …
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retirement for French private sector workers. Using the last French survey on households' wealth (2003-2004), we first study the …
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In this paper, we provide a new empirical analysis of the dynamic portfolio decisions of households by simultaneously considering their stock market participation and home tenure choices. There is already a huge body of literature on housing status (own/rent) decisions and many contributions...
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Using data covering three successive generations of Malagasy people, we construct a new semi- parametric estimator of the effect of parental income on the decision to send children to school. We propose new tests of simultaneity and hereditary biases affecting the usual estimates of this effect....
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Microsimulation constitutes a particularly powerful instrument for evaluating the distributive impact of macro-economic shocks. All existing models applied to developing countries remain static. I develop a dynamic model able to account for the temporal dimension of macro-economic shocks and...
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France. The multi-decomposition of an inequality measure allows us to put into perspective the role of social spending and …. However, we question the extent to which this multidimensional inequality indicator is a relevant tool for the study of … intergenerational inequalities. Does the multidimensional inequality indicator allow to deliver conclusions regarding retirement …
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This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and … more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance of results … on Brazilian states depends on the choice of poverty and inequality indicators, robust and contrasting results emerge …
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Since 2004, the Government of Senegal has adopted an accelerated growth program in the aim o reducing poverty by half before 2015 (Millennium Development Goal). This article criticizes thi program by analysing his pro-poor components. It shows that policies are too much oriented toward sectors...
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