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Constitutional property rights protection and economic growth : evidence from the post-communist transition
Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Constitutional political economy 26 (2015) 3, pp. 247-280
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485732
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Do liberalising reforms harm the environment? : evidence from the post-communist transition
Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Economic affairs : journal of the Institute of Economic … 38 (2018) 1, pp. 22-37
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952423
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Constitutional Property Rights Protection and Economic Growth : Evidence From the Post-Communist Transition
Bjørnskov, Christian - 2012
This paper seeks to estimate the economic growth effect of constitutional provisions for property rights protection. It does so using the unique situation in formerly communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus where all but two introduced new constitutions after the fall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111140
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Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity
Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vito - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010
as well off as he could be by undertaking inter-period income transfers. There is long-term ex-post inequality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512115
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The Ins and Outs of Top Income Mobility
Aaberge, Rolf; Atkinson, Tony; Modalsli, Jorgen Heibo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper is concerned with the question of whether top income earners are permanently there or only temporarily receive the highest incomes. How much mobility is there at the top of the income distribution, and how has mobility changed over time? The paper makes both a methodological and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156459
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Rational Asymmetric Development, Piketty and the Spirit of Poverty in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
paradigms and underpinnings from Solow-Swan & Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality … problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200000
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Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality do not Match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - CESifo - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671705
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764827
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The ins and outs of top income mobility
Aaberge, Rolf; Atkinson, Anthony B.; Modalsli, Jørgen - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2013
This paper is concerned with the question of whether top income earners are permanently there or only temporarily receive the highest incomes. How much mobility is there at the top of the income distribution, and how has mobility changed over time? The paper makes both a methodological and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817193
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Income mobility as an equalizer of permanent income
Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014
Do market-orientated economies with relatively large cross-sectional levels of inequality have higher income mobility … and therefore less permanent inequality? To answer this question, we introduce a formal representation of income mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817196