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Income Inequality, the Psycho-social Environment and Health Comparisons of Wealthy Nations
Lynch, John; Smith, George Davey; Hillemeier, Marianne; … - 2001
Is the extent of income inequality associated with average population health differences between wealthy countries? And …, are between-country variations in indicators of the psychosocial environment associated with between-country health … and low birth weight, life expectancy, self-rated health, and age- and cause-specific mortality among countries providing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011652995
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The empirics of the median voter: Democracy, redistribution and the role of the middle class
Scervini, Francesco - 2009
The paper investigates the effectiveness of the median voter as a decisive agent in the process of redistribution. According to the previous literature, it tests several assumptions finding interesting results: The positive relation between inequality and redistribution is confirmed, but the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335331
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Four critiques of the redistribution hypothesis: An assessment
Milanovic, Branko - 2010
The reformulation of the median voter hypothesis and its testing proposed in Milanovic (2000) has been criticized from four different perspectives. The critiques are discussed and assessed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335351
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Income inequality, redistribution and poverty: Contrasting rational choices and behavioural perspectives
Luebker, Malte - 2012
Based on the standard axiom of individual utility maximization, rational choice has postulated that higher income inequality translates into greater redistribution by shaping the median voter's preferences. While numerous papers have tested this proposition, the literature has remained divided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335364
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Income polarization and economic growth
Brzezinski, Michal - 2013
This study examines empirically the impact of income polarization on economic growth in an unbalanced panel of more than 70 countries during the 1960-2005 period. We calculate various polarization indices using existing micro-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335431
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Per capita income versus household-need adjusted income: A cross-country comparison
Koulovatianos, Christos; Minkovski, Polina; Schroeder, … - 2010
We use data from the Luxembourg Income Study in order to quantify the economy-wide monetary gains achieved by household-size economies due to within-household sharing of goods by individuals living in multimember households. In most countries out of the twenty countries we examine, we observe a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335538
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Evaluating real world income distributions behind the veil of ignorance: How risk averse do you have to be to prefer Europe over the US?
Weichenrieder, Alfons J.; Zafar, Tasneem - 2011
The paper uses a veil of ignorance approach and income distribution data of developed countries to arrive at inequality corrected income rankings. While a risk neutral individual (based on year 2000 data) would have preferred to be born into the US rather than any European country in our sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335546
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Can the Structure of Inequality Explain Fiscal Redistribution? Revisiting the Social Affinity Hypothesis
Luebker, Malte - 2019
Lupu and Pontusson (2011) argue that the structure of income inequality, rather than its level, can explain differences in fiscal redistribution across modern welfare states. Contrary to the assertion that there is robust evidence in support of this proposition, the present paper challenges the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890814
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Sectoral Trends in Earnings Inequality and Employment : International Trade, Skill-Biased Technological Change, or Labour Market Institutions?
Thewissen, Stefan; Wang, Chen; van Vliet, Olaf - 2013
Current studies addressing the rise in inequality confine themselves to country-level developments. This paper delineates trends in earnings inequality and employment at the sectoral level for eight LIS countries between 1985-2005. Earnings inequality mainly manifests itself within rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155368
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Cross-temporal and cross-national poverty and mortality rates among developed countries
Fritzell, Johan; Kangas, Olli; Bacchus Hertzman, Jennie; … - 2013
A prime objective for welfare state activities is to take action to enhance population health and decrease mortality … against poverty has historically been at the forefront of public health and social policy. The relation between relative … poverty rates and population health indicators is less self-evident, notwithstanding the obvious relation to the debated topic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335529