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Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World : What Do We Really Know?
Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
estimation methods are discussed and critically evaluated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317424
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Effects of Labor Reallocation on Productivity and Inequality : Insights from Studies on Transition
Tyrowicz, Joanna - 2016
From a theoretical perspective the link between the speed and scope of rapid labor reallocation and productivity growth or income inequality is ambiguous. Do reallocations with more flows tend to produce higher productivity growth? Does such a link appear at the expense of higher income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982122
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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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Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and Their Welfare Effects
Senik, Claudia - 2021
This paper provides unheard direct evidence that comparisons exert a significant effect on subjective well-being. It also evaluates the relative importance of different types of benchmarks. Dynamic comparisons outweigh static ones. Internal benchmarks are more important than external reference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316674
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Should Market Liberalization Precede Democracy? Causal Relations between Political Preferences and Development
Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - 2021
This paper is dedicated to the relation between market development and democracy. We distinguish contexts and … preferences and ask whether it is true that the demand for democracy only emerges after a certain degree of market development is … European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank, in 28 post-Transition countries. Our identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316944
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Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth in the Transition Economies from 1989 to 2007
Campos, Nauro F. - 2009
In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL 2005) identify two main directions for future research. One is to improve the measurement of diversity and the other to treat diversity as an endogenous variable. This paper tries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153312
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The Impact of the Transition and EU Membership on the Returns to Schooling in Europe
Patrinos, Harry A.; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2023
Countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia are in their third decade of independence. What impact does this have on the skills premium and does accession to the European Union have an impact on the returns to education? The returns to education in 28 transition and 20 non-transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346264
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The Political U : New Evidence on Democracy and Income
Campos, Nauro F.; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022
This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076385
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Does Growth Affect the Nature of Inequality? Ireland 1994-2001
Doris, Aedin; O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive - 2021
Much has been written about the relationship between economic growth and aggregate inequality in recent years. In this paper we extend this literature by examining whether economic growth affects, not the level, but rather the nature of inequality. To do this we focus on the Irish economy which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324968
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Structural Reforms, Growth and Inequality : an Overview of Theory, Measurement and Evidence
Campos, Nauro F. - 2017
This chapter provides a critical overview of the state of the art in the economics literature on structural reforms. It takes stock of theoretical developments, measurement efforts and of the econometric evidence. We start with a simple theoretical framework for the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942092