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Decomposition of Differences in PISA Results in Middle Income Countries
Nieto, Sandra - 2014
Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational outcomes. With this aim, we use PISA microdata for 10 middle income and 2 high income countries and we apply decomposition methods in order to identify the role of these factors for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057037
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Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty
Bagchi, Sutirtha - 2014
A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in tackling the question, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes magazine's listing of billionaires and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061938
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Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships : A Cross Country Evidence
Neutel, Marcel - 2014
In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of 65 developing countries. The index is based on the globalisation index proposed by A.T....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752139
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Violent Conflict and Inequality
Bircan, Cagatay - 2010
This paper analyzes the distributive impacts of violent conflicts, which is in contrast to previous literature that has focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes in income inequality. Our results indicate rising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141730
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Compulsory Schooling Laws and Formation of Beliefs : Education, Religion and Superstition
Mocan, Naci H. - 2014
We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039600
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The Impact of Risk Aversion, Role Models, and the Regional Milieu on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment : Empirical Evidence for Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2021
The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320574
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Emotional Prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2011
This paper argues, in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, that we should now be measuring a nation's emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131980
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Family Ties
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2013
, constructed from the World Values Survey, to review and extend the literature on the effect of family ties on economic behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082136
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Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Tausch, Arno - 2016
based on an empirical analysis of World Values Survey data. In recent economic theory, Carvalho (2013) maintained that … in the Muslim world are closely interrelated. Thus, it is imperative that Western Feminism develops solidarity with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000073
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Asabiyya : Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies
Tausch, Arno - 2009
. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the … economic growth in the current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based …
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