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A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation

Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - 2017

proximity in the income distribution to the reference individual. …

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A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation

Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - 2017

proximity in the income distribution to the reference individual. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736612

A class of proximity-sensitive measures of relative deprivation

Stark, Oded; Bielawski, Jakub; Falniowski, Fryderyk - In: Economics letters 160 (2017), pp. 105-110

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Inequality and migration: A behavioral link

Stark, Oded - 2005

We provide an analytical-behavioral explanation for the observed positive relationship between income inequality, as … population leads to a stronger incentive to engage in migration for a given level of a population's income; that total relative … positively correlated, holding the population's income constant. …

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Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth

Stark, Oded - 2005

This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population's wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...

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Status Aspirations, Wealth Inequality, and Economic Growth

Stark, Oded - 2005

This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population?s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...

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Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth

Stark, Oded - 2005

This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual’s want of social status. For a given level of a population’s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729676

Inequality and migration : a behavioral link

Stark, Oded - 2005

We provide an analytical-behavioral explanation for the observed positive relationship between income inequality, as … population leads to a stronger incentive to engage in migration for a given level of a population’s income; that total relative … positively correlated, holding the population’s income constant. -- income inequality ; relative deprivation ; the Gini …

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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation

Sorger, Gerhard; Stark, Oded - 2012

We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income … not only on work time (effort) but also on low relative income. It is rigorously shown that the set of preference profiles … ; low relative income ; relative deprivation ; exacerbated inequality …

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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation

Stark, Oded; Sorger, Gerhard - 2012

We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income … not only on work time (effort) but also on low relative income. It is rigorously shown that the set of preference profiles … ; Low relative income ; Relative deprivation ; Exacerbated inequality …

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