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paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of the economies. The analysis shows … (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for the pro-inequality effect; small-scale privatization … spending as share of gross domestic income reduces inequality …
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paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of the economies. The analysis shows … (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for the pro-inequality effect; small-scale privatization … spending as share of gross domestic income reduces inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747116
paper examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of the economies. The analysis shows … (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for the pro-inequality effect; small-scale privatization … spending as share of gross domestic income reduces inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552213
examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after … infrastructure reform (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for this pro-inequality effect while small … evidence that higher government spending as share of GDI reduces inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219719
We develop and implement a method for measuring the frequency of changes in power among distinct leaders and ideologically distinct parties that is comparable across political systems. We find that in the postcommunist countries, more frequent changes in power in the early years of transition...
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. Inequality between global citizens is estimated at 70 Gini points rather than 65 as before. The richest decile receives 57 …
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This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries …
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Inequality between world citizens in mid-19th century was such that at least a half of it could be explained by income … migration is probably the most powerful tool for reducing global poverty and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320560
The paper presents a newly compiled and improved database of national household surveys between 1988 and 2008. In 2008, the global Gini index is around 70.5 percent having declined by approximately 2 Gini points over this twenty year period. When it is adjusted for the likely under-reporting of...
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This paper extends the Inequality Possibility Frontier approach in two methodological directions. It allows the social … minimum to increase with the average income of a society, and it derives all the Inequality Possibility Frontier statistics … for two other inequality measures besides the Gini. Finally, it applies the framework to contemporary data, showing that …
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