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of German data which causes significant increases of income inequality compared with income-independent, constant … equivalence scales. (2) Concerning different demarcations of income areas the pattern of income inequality in Germany 1995-2009 is … not distinctively changed in the several variants considered. (3) For three alternative inequality indicators out of the …
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correlated with income inequality, and regarding economic growth a (slightly) concave effect upon income inequality has been … income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric methods (on … variables inflation, economic growth, and unemployment are at first connected with the German demographic ageing; afterwards …
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Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … calculations are correlated with the macroeconomic variables economic growth, inflation, and general unemployment. At the peak of … the crisis – in 2009 – inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … for 25 EU countries over the period 2007-2019, we show that market income inequality is associated with higher growth in … NBS) boosts growth in the short run, driven by the consumption and private investment channels. On the other hand …
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We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by international migration and remittances, using a formal, practical, and easily decomposable vulnerability measure. Our strategy is to estimate a Markov transition probability...
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In this article, we show the evolution of inequality for the largest economies of the Latin American region in the 21st … century, with separate consideration of income and wealth. We analyse the drivers of the changes in inequality and possible …
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An issue of interest in the literature that explores the drivers of inequality is the distributional bearing of tax and … judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and … redistribution; one that departs from the prevailing view that UK inequality stopped rising from the early 1990s. …
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Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument – the … the true role of the government in attenuating income inequality. The estimated relationship between income inequality and …
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This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering … significant effect on development and economic growth in 28 member states. However, the findings also indicate that some countries …
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Elite occupations are characterised by the magnitude of income accumulation which has been particularly exacerbated in the financialisation process. This paper however shows that the cumulative effects on group earnings is a pattern visible across the labour force. The case studies on the US and...
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