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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state: the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
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Do rising top incomes lift all boats?
Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a panel of 12 developed nations observed for between 22 and 85 years. After 1960, however, a one percentage point rise in the top decile's income share is associated with a...
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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
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Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden: a combination of equal opportunity and capitalistic dynasties
Björklund, Anders; Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2008
This paper presents new evidence on intergenerational income and earnings mobility in the top of the distributions. Using a large dataset of matched father-son pairs in Sweden we are able to obtain results for fractions as small as 0.1 percent of the population. Overall, mobility is lower for...
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Global business cycles: convergence or decoupling?
Kose, M. Ayhan; Otrok, Christopher M.; Prasad, Eswar - 2008
globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276108
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Drivers and impacts in the globalization of corporate R&D: An introduction based on the European experience
Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - 2011
The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: Globalization and Corporate R&D forthcoming in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278539
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The dynamics of the regulation of labor in developing and developed countries since 1960
Campos, Nauro F.; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2012
This paper examines both the determinants and the effects of changes in the rigidity of labor market legislation across countries over time. Recent research identifies the origin of the legal system as being a major determinant of the cross-country variation in the rigidity of employment...
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Growing out of poverty: trends and patterns of urban poverty in China 1988 - 2002
Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - 2008
This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period regardless of the exact location of the poverty line....
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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268174
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Globalization, institutions, and the ethnic divide: Recent longitudinal evidence
Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Prasch, Robert E. - 2012
significant impediment to growth but religious and linguistic heterogeneity have not. Further, while economic globalization has … more from global integration. This suggests the importance of globalization in redressing the detrimental impact of ethnic …
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