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Changes in spatial income inequality in the Philippines: An exploratory analysis

Balisacan, Arsenio M.; Fuwa, Nobuhiko - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to establish some basic facts about income inequality in the Philippines, with a special focus on the importance of spatial income inequality. Despite major fluctuations in macroeconomic performances, income inequality remained relatively stable during the years...

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Deindustrialization and Tertiarization and the Polarization of Household Incomes: The Example of German Agglomerations

Gornig, Martin; Goebel, Jan - 2014

Deindustrialization and Tertiarization and the Polarization of Household Incomes: The Example of German Agglomerations The deindustrialization of the economy has left deep scars on cities. It is evident not only in the industrial wastelands and empty factory buildings scattered throughout the...

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Income Polarisation in Germany Is Rising

Goebel, Jan; Gornig, Martin; Häußermann, Hartmut - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 26, pp. 199-206

Income disparities between poorer and richer households in Germany have been widening since reunification. Although this income polarisation is reduced during economically favourable periods by strong growth in employment, once the good times are over, it rises all the faster. The longer-term...

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Polarisierung der Einkommen: die Mittelschicht verliert

Goebel, Jan; Gornig, Martin; Häußermann, Hartmut - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 24, pp. 2-8

Die Einkommensgegensätze zwischen ärmeren und reicheren Haushalten nehmen in Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung zu. Zwar reduziert sich diese Einkommenspolarisierung in konjunkturell günstigen Phasen mit starken Beschäftigungszuwächsen. Danach aber steigt sie umso schneller wieder an....

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The Determinants of Income Polarization on the Household and Country Level across the EU

Holzner, Mario - 2012

A multi-level approach to test for the determinants of income polarization both at the household as well as the country level is applied to a panel of about 300,000 households in EU countries over the period of 2003-2009. Among the policy relevant macro variables, higher progressive labour...

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On the Regional Convergence of Income at District Level in Slovakia

Pauhofová, Iveta; Želinský, Tomáš - In: Ekonomický časopis / Journal of Economics 65 (2017) 10, pp. 918-934

The aim of this paper is to investigate regional convergence of income at district level in Slovakia, and to answer the … types of convergence are assessed: convergence towards national median income and convergence towards regional (NUTS 3 … degree of wages convergence is found in the districts of Banská Bystrica, Žilina and Nitra Regions; and the highest degree of …

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COVID 19 and Wage Polarization: A task based approach

Schettino, Francesco; Scicchitano, Sergio; Suppa, Domenico - 2024

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wage polarization in Italy, combining individual characteristics with their task content in terms of physical proximity within the workplace. We use an innovative dataset which combines data from two sample surveys,...

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A graphical approximation to generalization: Definitions and diagrams

Martel García, Fernando; Wantchekon, Leonard - 2013

The fundamental problem of external validity is not to generalize from one experiment, so much as to experimentally test generalizable theories. That is, theories that explain the systematic variation of causal effects across contexts. Here we show how the graphical language of causal diagrams...

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Measuring the efficiency in the Lithuanian banking sector: The DEA application

Novickytė, Lina; Droždz, Jolanta - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-15

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficiency of the banks in Lithuania by employing the DEA method and evaluate bank performance in a low interest rate environment. The efficiency scores were calculated with a non-parametric frontier input-oriented DEA technique with the variable...

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Position of Chosen European Union Countries in Respect of Financial Efficiency of Higher Education in the Area of Didactics

Ćwiąkała-Małys, Anna; Mościbrodzka, Monika - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 1, pp. 83-93

This article is continuation of the authors' research on financial efficiency evaluation in higher education in the area of didactics in countries that belong to European Union. On the basis of the results of researches, in which a non-parametric approach was used, a classification of member...

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