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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480479
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MEASURING HYPOTHETICAL GRANDPARENTS PREFERENCES FOR EQUALITY AND RELATIVE STANDINGS
Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Carlsson, Fredrik; Daruvala, Dinky - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001
Individuals’ aversion to risk and inequality, and their concern for relative standing, are measured through experimental choices between hypothetical societies. It is found that on average individuals are both fairly inequality-averse and have a strong concern for relative income. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651772
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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants
Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014
This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluc- tuations in macroeconomic conditions in their country of origin. Using the German Socio- Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2009 and macroeconomic variables for 24 countries of origin, we exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818761
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Reducing Poverty in Estonia Through Activation and Better Targeting
Flèche, Sarah; Radziwill, Artur - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
poverty risk. The government has recently commissioned several studies to prepare a systematic reform of the system. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276944
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Keeping Up with the Vaishyas: Caste and Relative Standing
Carlsson, Fredrik; Gupta, Gautam; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005
We investigate the importance of relative income within the Indian Caste system, using a choice experiment. We find that slightly more than half of the marginal utility of income comes from some kind of relative income effects, on average, which is comparable to the results from previous studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651677
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How Much Do We Care About Absolute Versus Relative Income and Consumption?
Alpizar, Francisco; Carlsson, Fredrik; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001
We find, using survey-experimental methods, that most individuals are concerned with both relative income and relative consumption of particular goods. The degree of concern varies in the expected direction depending on the properties of the good. However, contrary to what has been suggested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651773
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Economic Growth from the Household Perspective: GDP and Income Distribution Developments Across OECD Countries
Causa, Orsetta; Araujo, Sonia; Cavaciuti, Agnès; Ruiz, … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276803
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Reducing Poverty in Chile: Cash Transfers and Better Jobs
Brandt, Nicola - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276808
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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 1. The Role of the Labour Market
Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276885
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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are they Compatible? Part 5. Poverty in OECD Countries
Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Poverty is an important policy issue in OECD countries and the recent crisis has made it even more pressing. This paper … highlights poverty rate differences across countries and reviews the various policies to tackle it. The OECD-wide poverty rate … poverty rate than working-age people and poverty is more wide-spread among women than men. Albeit boosting employment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393774