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The elite and the marginalised: an analysis of public spending on mass education in the Indian States
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2008
and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed … and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste … education while presence of capitalist elite, as reflected in greater degree of industrialisation enhances it, even in poorer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268596
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Solow meets Marx: Economic growth and the emergence of social class
Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø - 2011
This paper reconciles neoclassical models of economic growth (Solow) with the formation of social classes during economic transition (Marx). An environment with missing capital markets and no labor divisibility is shown to lead to a steady state with no aggregate inefficiencies, but a very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330219
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Class Ridden or Meritocratic? An Economic Analysis of Recent Changes in Britain
Galindo-Rueda, Fernando; Vignoles, Anna - 2003
In a meritocratic society an individual's economic success is determined by their ability, not by their parents' socio-economic status. We assess whether meritocracy has increased in both the British education system and labour market. The richness of our longitudinal data enables us to look at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262171
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Social mobility: is there an advantage in being English in Scotland?
van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan; Manley, David; … - 2010
This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274181
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Identity and Redistribution
Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert - 2008
This paper models the interaction between individuals' identity choices and redistribution. Both redistributive polices and identity choices are endogenous, and there might be multiple equilibria. The model is applied to ethnicity and social class. In an equilibrium with high taxes, the poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320104
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Identity and redistribution
Lindqvist, Erik; Östling, Robert - 2006
This paper models the interaction between individuals' identity choices and redistribution. Both redistributive policies and identity choices are endogenous, and there might be multiple equilibria. The model is applied to ethnicity and social class. In an equilibrium with high taxes, the poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281284
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Social class as a moving average
Brynin, Malcolm - 2010
Are social (occupational) classes coherent, distinct entities? While they reflect an underlying reality, they are more fragmented than theory suggests. It is hypothesised that skill mismatches mean that each class includes a substantial proportion of poorly paid people who could be in the class...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288913
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Decline of the Corporate Community: Network Dynamics of the Dutch Business Elite
Heemskerk, Eelke M. - 2007
Network'. This corporate elite connects the centres of corporate governance. In recent times, these networks of the corporate … elite show signs of decline. Heemskerk investigates how the decline of the old boys network in the Netherlands has affected … Dutch capitalism. Combining formal network analysis with insights from interviews with key corporate elite members, he shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011888544
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Führungswechsel: Die Wirtschaftselite und das Ende der Deutschland AG
Freye, Saskia - 2009
Führungspositionen ein neuer Typ des Managers durchgesetzt? Ihre Ergebnisse zeigen, wie sich die Karriereverläufe deutscher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311573
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Managers and Students Playing Cournot: Experimental Evidence from Malaysia
Waichman, Israel; Requate, Till; Siang, Ch'ng Kean - 2008
, and Malaysian managers. While German students play Nash, we reject the hypothesis that both Malaysian students and … managers select the Nash quantity. Moreover, Malaysian managers perform significantly less competitively than Malaysian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298767