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In the distributive analysis, the constant relative inequality aversion utility function is a standard tool for ethical … judgements of income distributions. The sole parameter ε of this function expresses a society’s aversion to inequality. However … inequality aversion utility function using datasets available from the Luxembourg Income Study Database. We utilise the method of …
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opportunities but at the same time also contributed to greater wage inequality. Finally, the growth in the supply of skilled workers … identifies the relevant pathways between macro-economic developments and earnings inequality among the whole working … inequality; it transmitted inequality mainly through raising wage dispersion. Economic globalisation, in terms of both rapidly …
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conditioning on a variety of country-level factors that may matter for growth and inequality changes. This evidence confirms the … also small relative to the variation in growth in average incomes, implying that the latter accounts for most of the … variation in income growth in the poorest quintiles. These findings hold across most regions and time periods and when …
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Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin American policymakers. The chapters of this book, penned by eminent authors with a long-standing record in the field, represent the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty...
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of the environment in development, income inequality and the economic conditions in Haiti. Throughout this project, the …
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Divergence between the evolution of GDP per capita and the income of a ‘typical’ household as measured in household surveys is giving rise to a range of serious concerns, especially in the USA. This paper investigates the extent of that divergence and the factors that contribute to it across...
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-coefficients were used for measuring earnings inequality. Relative changes in earnings inequality for sickness benefits were explained …
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equally. Income inequality among men has increased markedly since the 1970s, suggesting that differences among fathers have …
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episodes in order to prevent rising income inequality. …
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the impact on marital sorting of both inequality between educational strata and increasing gender parity in the labor and …
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