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A simple classical-Marxian model of growth and distribution is developed in which education transforms low …-skilled wages and profit income. We analyze the implications for class divisions, growth and distribution, of the transformation of … education can have a positive effect on growth but by altering the distribution of income rather than by fostering technological …
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evaluate the consequences of policy reform. This paper surveys the savings mechanisms generated by the transmission of bequests … medical-expense risk are crucial determinants of savings and wealth inequality and that we need to look at more data to …
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recent stylized facts on growth, distribution and education for the US. …We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary … to the received wisdom, we show that human capital accumulation is not necessarily growth-inducing and inequality …
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We study the negative correlation between natural resource-abundance and long-term income focusing on the savings … the issue. In this model, savings adjust downwards to income from natural resources, and investment in capital contributes … to knowledge creation, a feature based on endogenous growth theory. We analyze the link from resource income future …
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We propose a theory of how market power affects wage inequality. We ask how goods and labor market power jointly affect the level of wages, the Skill Premium, and wage inequality. We then use detailed microdata from the US Census between 1997 and 2016 to estimate the parameters of labor supply,...
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This chapter examines the redistributive preferences of Latin Americans and investigates the factors that shape them. Using a detailed survey in eight Latin American countries, the study sheds new light on redistributive preferences and explores which aspects of redistribution are more popular...
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This article summarizes the main findings from the fourth wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for Malta. The HFCS is part of a co-ordinated research project led by the European Central Bank and involves national central banks of all euro area countries and selected...
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distribution, including the role of own underage children as owners. In the first part of the paper, we find that firms, firm …
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We develop an endogenous growth model to address a long standing question whether sustainable green growth is feasible … general we relate it to the UKís green growth policy objective. In our model, Önal output is produced with two reproducible … inputs, green and man-made capital. The growth of man-made capital causes depreciation of green capital via carbon emissions …
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The proportion of multiple jobholders (moonlighters) is negatively correlated with productivity (wages) in cross-sectional and time series data, but positively correlated with education. We develop a model of the labor market to understand these seemingly contradictory facts. An income effect...
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