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The role of education and income inequality on environmental quality : a panel data analysis of the EKC hypothesis on OECD
Maranzano, Paolo; Bento, João Paulo Cerdeira; Manera, … - 2021
We study the impact of human capital and the level of education on the pollution-income relationship controlling for income inequality in 17 OECD countries. By applying an innovative approach to country grouping, based on the temporal evolution of income inequality and clustering techniques to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510015
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Structural change, environment and well-being : interactions between production and consumption choices of the rich and the poor in developing countries
Antoci, Angelo; Russu, Paolo; Ticci, Elisa - 2008
(unskilled) labor in the economy. Thus, given that environmental degradation reduces labor productivity of the rural poor, it may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008700108
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Farm size and income distribution of Latin American agriculture : new perspectives on an old issue
Gáfaro, Margarita; Ibáñez, Ana María; … - 2023
world. However, these countries also exhibit a high degree of heterogeneity in their patterns of land concentration and … average farm sizes. These cross-country differences play a determining role in productivity of farms and the distribution of … agricultural regions. Low labor productivity in small farms appears as a key explanatory factor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536736
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Cyclical dimensions of labour mobility after EU enlargement
Ahearnea, Alan; Brücker, Herbert; Darvasa, Zsolt; … - 2009
This paper explores the influence of the economic cycle on labour mobility within the EU, focusing on the likely impact of the present economic crisis. To do so, we use an econometrically calibrated simulation and a case study of Ireland. We find that, in the short run, the crisis is likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874247
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Does economic globalisation affect income inequality? : a meta-analysis
Heimberger, Philipp - 2019
the world. However, reported econometric estimates vary substantially which makes it difficult to draw valid conclusions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153939
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The unequal inequality impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Darvas, Zsolt M. - 2021
positive GDP growth of China, which suggests that within-country inequality in the world's most populous country might have not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507140
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Inequality and climate change : two problems, one solution?
Nicolli, Francesco; Gilli, Marianna; Vona, Francesco - 2022
This paper re-examines the relationship between per capita income, inequality, and per capita emissions while accounting for nonhomotheticity in green preferences and nonlinearities in the impact of economic growth on GHG emissions. Theoretically, our research is motivated by the fact that if...
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Poverty, vulnerability and the middle class in Latin America
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290941
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Labor market turnover and inequality in Latin America
Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino; Narita, Renata Del Tedesco - 2023
This paper describes the patterns of worker turnover in selected Latin American countries and their implications for wage inequality. It documents a higher positive annual wage growth rate for job to job changers compared to stayers, due to turnover capturing the immediate gains from search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550817
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014455410