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The main issue of this article is to discuss the question of ‘precarity’ in the context of the theory of social quality (see Beck et al, 2001), with which to pave the way for developing further the theoretical foundation of precarity. Societal practice is the main challenge this concept...
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development. This article uses a measure of income inequality derived from taxation statistics and a recently proposed method for … institutional determinants, de-unionisation has had an adverse effect on income inequality, whereas higher minimum wages have …Recent interest has been stimulated by the growth of income inequality in most developed countries during the 1980s and …
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establishing a formal framework for the analysis by clearly distinguishing between the redistribution along mortality and income … dimensions, and thus between mortality and income progressivity. We then show that it is optimal to redistribute towards high … consumption inequality. Second, when income and mortality are negatively correlated, and income redistribution tools are limited. …
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Walrasian General Equilibrium Theory puts no restriction on the income distribution that results from the market … regarding the desirable distribution of wealth or income, is not a proof about the amorality of this theory; on the contrary …
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There has long been a deep-rooted view that economic rents are foremost among the origins of high levels of economic inequality. In this paper, economic rents generated by ranking preference are examined as an important source of widening inequality based on the concept of sustainable...
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traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour income taxation. Since the Government has to clear the budget, some …In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I …
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This paper evaluates the monetary policy transmission and income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. We … find procyclical response of income inequality to unanticipated monetary easing in the last two decades. Countercyclical …
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This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … that the Lorenz Curve is one of the most used ways of representing income distributions in empirical works thanks to its …
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This paper illustrates how Lorenz Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds …, within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. After highlighting some drawbacks of … Lorenz Curves to rank income distributions is provided in a step-by-step procedure and is illustrated with some simple …
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This paper illustrates how Crossing Generalised Lorenz (GL) curves can be used to identify the best income distribution … on social welfare grounds within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. It … starts by illustrating two alternative income distributions resulting from policy changes that lead to income increases for …
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