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Measuring unfair inequality : reconciling equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty
Hufe, Paul; Kanbur, Ravi; Peichl, Andreas - 2020
poverty. We provide two empirical applications of our measure. First, we analyze the development of inequality in the US from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012172471
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A fragile pillar : statutory pensions and the risk of old-age poverty in Germany
Krenz, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang - 2009
1990s, there is a growing fear of post-retirement poverty in Germany. We develop a micro-simulation model to compare the … find a growing post-retirement poverty, especially for lowskilled workers. Eastern Germany will lose its current advantage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859465
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Lower and upper bounds of inequality of opportunity in emerging economies
Hufe, Paul; Peichl, Andreas; Weishaar, Daniel - 2019
Equality of opportunity is an important normative ideal that concerns politicians and the larger public alike. In spite of its wide acceptance, current estimation approaches in the literature suffer from severe data restrictions that lead to biased estimates of inequality of opportunity. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010163