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The pro-poorness, growth and inequality nexus: Some findings from a simulation study

Groll, Thomas; Lambert, Peter J. - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

A widely accepted criterion for pro-poorness of an income growth pattern is that it should reduce a (chosen) measure of …-poorness, growth and inequality nexus, one needs at least a 3-parameter model of the income distribution. In this paper, we explore in … income growth takes place within each of the following models: the displaced lognormal, Singh-Maddala and Dagum distributions …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274352

Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality: Theory and evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...

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Income polarization and economic growth

Brzezinski, Michal - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

This study examines empirically the impact of income polarization on economic growth in an unbalanced panel of more … growth in the short term, while the impact of income inequality on growth is statistically insignificant. Our results are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878126

Wage comparisons in and out of the firm. Evidence from a matched employer-employee French database

Godechot, Olivier; Senik, Claudia - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

This paper looks at the association between wage satisfaction and different notions of reference wage, based on a matched employer-employee dataset. It shows that workers’ satisfaction depends on other-people’s income in different ways. Relative income concerns are important, but we also...

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Equivalence scales reconsidered – an empirical investigation

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2008

Households can differ in size and needs. A reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original heterogeneous into an artificial quasi-homogeneous population. Ebert and Moyes (2003) and Shorrocks (2004) theoretically explore the properties...

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Race and income distribution: Evidence from the US, Brazil and South Africa

Gradín, Carlos - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010

The aim of this paper is to provide some empirical evidence about black-white differentials in the distribution of income and wellbeing in three different countries: Brazil, US and South Africa. In all cases, people of African descent are in a variety of ways socially disadvantaged compared with...

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Relative Income Changes and an Identification of Growth Pattern

Kośny, Marek - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012

The paper proposes a method of identification of a growth pattern by analyzing the direct relation between income (or … income growth pattern in selected countries, using the data from Luxembourg Income Study Database. …

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From economic decline to the current crisis in Italy

Tridico, Pasquale - In: International review of applied economics 29 (2015) 2, pp. 164-193

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Recent decline in wage inequality and formalization of the labour market in Argentina

Beccaria, Luís Alberto; Maurizio, Roxana; Vázquez, Gustavo - In: International review of applied economics 29 (2015) 5, pp. 677-700

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Income distribution and income shares : wealth and income distributions explained using generalised Lotka-Volterra SFC ABM models

Willis, Geoff - In: International review of applied economics 29 (2015) 6, pp. 816-842

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