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Income distribution and the fear of crime: Evidence from Germany
Acampora, Michelle; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Grabka, Markus M. - 2020
the aggregate level, the main driver is equally income polarization, whereas the standard measure of inequality, the Gini …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173603
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The social preferences of the native inhabitants, and the decision how many asylum seekers to admit
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2019
We consider a tax-funded policy of admitting and integrating asylum seekers in a country in which the incomes of the native inhabitants are differentiated; for the sake of simplicity, we assume that there are just two groups of native inhabitants: high-income natives and low-income natives. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012143475
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The Social Preferences of the Native Inhabitants, and the Decision How Many Asylum Seekers to Admit
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2019
We consider a tax-funded policy of admitting and integrating asylum seekers in a country in which the incomes of the native inhabitants are differentiated; for the sake of simplicity, we assume that there are just two groups of native inhabitants: high-income natives and low-income natives. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179996
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The social preferences of the native inhabitants, and the decision how many asylum seekers to admit
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2019
We consider a tax-funded policy of admitting and integrating asylum seekers in a country in which the incomes of the native inhabitants are differentiated; for the sake of simplicity, we assume that there are just two groups of native inhabitants: high-income natives and low-income natives. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156208
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Changes in inequality within countries after 1990
Gradín, Carlos - 2020
In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each … witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424103
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Poverty persistence and poverty dynamics
Biewen, Martin - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
A considerable part of the poverty that is measured in a single period is transitory rather than persistent. In most countries, only a portion of people who are currently poor are persistently poor. People who are persistently poor or who cycle into and out of poverty should be the main focus of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404937
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The impact of poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption and poor governance on Niger Delta militancy, Boko Haram terrorism and Fulani herdsmen attacks in Nigeria
Evans, Olaniyi; Kelikume, Ikechukwu - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 8 (2019) 2, pp. 58-80
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption and poor … that poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption and poor governance were significant causes of Niger Delta militancy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012036698
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Poverty is a public bad: Panel evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016
Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people's SWB is negatively correlated with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011564984
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Poverty is a public bad: Panel evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016
Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people's SWB is negatively correlated with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594503
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On the arbitrariness and robustness of multi-dimensional poverty rankings
Qizilbash, Mozaffar - 2004
It is often argued that multi-dimensional measures of well-being and poverty—such as those based on the capability approach and related views—are ad hoc. Rankings based on them are not, for this reason, robust to changes in the selection of weights used. In this paper, it is argued that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284694