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Education Inequality, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality : Evidence from Indonesia, 1996-2005
Digdowiseiso, Kumba - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of … capital have a disequalizing relationship with income distribution. This study also indicates that economic growth has a … significantly equalizing link with income distribution. In addition, the current level of inequality and growth is positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143699
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The joint effect of human capital and income inequalities on HIV/AIDS prevalence: An exploratory investigation
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Dasmani, Isaac - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The evidence of higher income inequality leading to increased HIV prevalence through channels of coercion and migration … relationship. Initially from income inequality to HIV prevalence; then from HIV prevalence to reduced human capital formation and … subsequently generating human capital inequality via reduced investment in human capital of affected households and back to income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562628
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Contrôle de la Corruption, Croissance Économique et Capital Humain: Analyse Comparative MENA-OCDE
Mtiraoui, Abderraouf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The purpose of this paper to study the direct and indirect influence of corruption on economic indicators like the human indicator. Indeed, it would be very important to clarify the impact of control of corruption on human capital while considering the direct and indirect effects of the control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186468
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Business Cycle Synchronisation in EU : A Time-Varying Approach
Degiannakis, Stavros Antonios - 2018
This paper investigates the time-varying correlation between the EU12-wide business cycle and the initial EU12 member-countries based on Scalar-BEKK and multivariate Riskmetrics model frameworks for the period 1980-2012. The paper provides evidence that changes in the business cycle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910120
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‘Williamson's Fallacy’ in Estimation of Inter-Regional Inequality
Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2017
When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943787
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Teacher Behavior under Performance Pay Incentives
Jones, Michael D. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Over the last decade many districts have implemented performance pay incentives to reward teachers for improving student test scores. Economic theory suggests that these programs could alter teacher work effort, cooperation, and retention. Because teachers can choose to work in a performance pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258656
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Performance Pay and Information: Reducing Child Malnutrition in Urban Slums
Singh, Prakarsh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper provides evidence for the effectiveness of performance pay to government workers and how performance pay interacts with demand-side information. In an experiment covering 145 child day-care centres, I implement three separate treatments. First, I engineer an exogenous change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220685
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Some are Punished and Some are Rewarded: A Study of the Impact of Performance Pay on Job Satisfaction
McCausland, David; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Using an econometric procedure that corrects for both self-selection of individuals into their preferred compensation scheme and wage endogeneity, this study investigates whether significant differences exist in the job satisfaction of individuals receiving performance-related pay (PRP) compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617077
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Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study
Cason, Timothy; Masters, William; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This experiment compares the performance of two contest designs: a standard winner-take-all tournament with a single fixed prize, and a novel proportional-payment design in which that same prize is divided among contestants by their share of total achievement. We find that proportional prizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113211
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Skill Acquisition, Incentive Contracts and Jobs: Labor Market Adjustment to Trade
Sly, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
prices, causing workers to experience a greater marginal utility derived from income, as well as the skills that aid them in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642661