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turns out to be preferred by society when ex ante income inequality is relatively low, while a majoritarian system is chosen … when income inequality is relatively high. We also obtain that consensual democracies should be expected to be ruled more … the relationship between inequality and redistribution are discussed. Historical evidence and a cross-sectional analysis …
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A new family of kernels is suggested for use in heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent (HAC) and long run variance (LRV) estimation and robust regression testing. The kernels are constructed by taking powers of the Bartlett kernel and are intended to be used with no truncation (or...
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The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the early labour market effects of field of study and college quality. Propensity score matching average treatment effect method is used to reveal the effect of the field of study,...
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This paper applies revealed preference theory to the nonparametric statistical analysis of consumer demand. Knowledge of expansion paths is shown to improve the power of nonparametric tests of revealed preference. The tightest bounds on indifference surfaces and welfare measures are derived...
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The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the early labour market effects of field of study and college quality. Propensity score matching average treatment effect method is used to reveal the effect of the field of study,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696802
, structure and trend in family labor income inequality. An interesting question is to what extent the rise in women's labor force … income gives an equalizing contribution to family labor income inequality. This illustrates the importance of distinguishing … between one- and two-income families in analysis of family labor income inequality. …
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Economics show that after 1996 the income inequality basically didn't grow, at most structural changes occurred. Results coming … from the author's analysis contradict to previous statement, income inequality kept growing, in addition, the inequality … makes important suggestions for economic policy. By international measure the changes in the Hungarian income inequality are …
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Using the 2004 income survey of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office we consider the targeting of two types of unemployment-related benefits: a) unemployment insurance and re-training benefits and b) the unemloyment assistance (UA). The evidence suggests that unemployment-related benefits...
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Sorting into public sector jobs may be motivated not only by the available income but also by other aspects, such as stronger demand for security or for social usefulness. The demand for larger job security - beside other factors - can be the consequence of family circumstances. We have...
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Economics show that after 1996 the income inequality basically didn't grow, at most structural changes occurred. Results coming … from the author's analysis contradict to previous statement, income inequality kept growing, in addition, the inequality … makes important suggestions for economic policy. By international measure the changes in the Hungarian income inequality are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986138