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The economic growth and income distribution implications of public spending and tax decisions

Darvas, Zsolt M. - 2020

The level and composition of public expenditures and revenues both have implications for economic development, as shown by the 'fiscal multiplier' and the 'quality of public finance' literature. Public finance decisions also influence the distribution of income. Based on a review of the...

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Which factors explain the rising ethnic heterogeneity in Italy? : an empirical analysis at province level

Cattaneo, Cristina - 2014

The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...

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Mapping diversity in social history

Sori, Ercole - 2003

The paper is an overview of diversity in history, starting as far back as the societies in classical Ancient Europe and traditional non-European societies, where differentiation was basically between the enslaved and free population and the out-of-caste in India. With the end of slavery the...

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In search of larger per capita incomes : how to prioritize across productivity determinants?

Izquierdo, Alejandro; Llopis, Jimena; Muratori, Umberto; … - 2016

This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....

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The growth-finance nexus in Brazil : evidence from a new dataset, 1890-2003

Campos, Nauro; Karanasosa, Menelaos; Koutroumpis, Panagiotis - 2019

This study revisits the growth-finance nexus using a new econometric approach and unique data set. In particular by employing the smooth transition framework and annual time series data for Brazil from 1890 to 2003, we attempt to address on the one side, what is the relationship between...

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Catastrophic natural disasters and economic growth

Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Galiani, Sebastián; Noy, Ilan; … - 2010

This paper examines the short and long-run average causal impact of catastrophic natural disasters on economic growth by combining information from comparative case studies. The counterfactual of the cases studied is assessed by constructing synthetic control groups, taking advantage of the fact...

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Does birthplace diversity affect economic complexity? : cross-country evidence

Bahar, Dany; Rapoport, Hillel; Turati, Riccardo - 2020

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Economic growth and income inequality in resource countries : theory and evidence

Reisinezhad, Arsham - 2018

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Climate change and income inequality : an empirical analysis

Mumtaz, Haroon; Theophilopoulou, Angeliki - 2023

The role of climate change on economic performance and output has been studied extensively in the empirical literature, however, its distributional effects have received little attention. This paper attempts to fill this gap by investigating whether climate shocks affect income inequality in a...

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Immigration and offshoring : two forces of globalisation and their impact on employment and the bargaining power of occupational groups

Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2020

impact of immigration and different measures of offshoring on the labour demand and demand elasticities of native workers in … important and occupation-specific direct and indirect effects of immigration and offshoring. Both offshoring - particularly … services offshoring - and immigration have negative direct employment effects on all occupations, but native clerks and manual …

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