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Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), both income inequality and poverty are considered for … the crisis - in 2009 - inequality dropped, and it increased afterwards. Poverty was not affected very much by economic …
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We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...
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This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …
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macroeconomics and income inequality on the other hand. For this purpose, several estimation equations are derived by econometric …; afterwards, these connections are used to produce a nexus between German income inequality and the stated macroeconomic variables … unemployment rates. While the measured income inequality is upwards directly (exogenously) driven by demographic ageing, the …
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This paper reviews methods for studying dominance and inequality in health economics. It concentrates on "pure … inequality" as opposed to inequality which is related to income or some other measure of household resources. The paper reviews …
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This study analysed the contribution of economic growth and redistribution components to aggregate poverty changes in Ireland from 1987-2005, using the Shapley value decomposition approach. The analysis used the household disposable income data from the Household Budget Survey to calculate...
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, quality of life and mortality. Understanding inequality in relation to these behaviours among older people is important in the … context of a rapidly ageing population. In this study, we examine income-related inequality in relation to these three key … indices and decompose them to determine the factors which contribute most to inequality. We then examine whether differences …
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presence of inequality, however, it deviates or refracts from the ideal condition. In this paper, I try to measure economic … inequality from the index of refraction. First, I compute such an index for each stratum to evaluate condition in each and then … add all to propose an overall measure of economic inequality, which appears to be a standardised measure of the length of …
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We study the implications of limited commitment on education and tax policies chosen by benevolent governments. Individual wages are determined by both innate abilities and education levels. Consistent with real world practices, the government can decide to subsidize different levels of...
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