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Poor families have more children and transfer less resources to them. This suggests that family decisions about fertility and transfers dampen intergenerational mobility. To evaluate the quantitative importance of this mechanism, we extend the standard heterogeneous agent life cycle model with...
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Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability that also affects the rising middle-class. More...
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have shot up in tandem. Yet the number of Ghanaians living in poverty is higher than ever before, and social inequality is … of social inequality in Ghana. It specifically explores the possibilities and limitations Ghana faces in meeting the … not inclusive in terms of gender, class or geographic location. Far from addressing inequalities in access to university …
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In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...
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In this paper, preferences for income redistribution in Switzerland are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) performed in 2008. In addition to the amount of redistribution as a share of GDP, attributes also included its uses (working poor, the unemployed, old-age pensioners,...
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innovation, with various implications for inequality. First, we characterize several market mechanisms whereby higher rates of … innovation lead to higher inequality. Second, we highlight channels whereby inequality acts as an impediment to innovation and … growth. Third, we highlight policies that can help achieve better outcomes for both innovation and inequality. We show that …
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