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Inequality of outcomes vs inequality of opportunities in a developing country : an exploration analysis for Chile

Núñez, Javier; Tartakowsky, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 185-202

inequality is associated with the inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of origin that determine individuals … a bi-parental household reduces income inequality, but in a small margin, in the range of 8 to 13 points of the Gini … part of income inequality may be associated with unobserved heterogeneity across individuals unrelated to circumstances of …

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Análisis de la evolución temporal de las desigualdades con datos irregulares

Callealta Barroso, Francisco Javier; Fedriani Martel, … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 13 (2012), pp. 73-96

This article provides a tool to study over time the distributions of income in a population, regardless the irregular distribution of data. We even approach Lorenz curves at the times when we lack the required data. Finally we apply the present technique to a European country where inequalities...

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Cultura postmaterialista y variaciones en el espiritu emprendedor

Pinillos Costa, Maria José - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 37-55

The aim of this paper is to explore whether postmaterialism explains differences in Total entrepreneurial-activity rates across Spanish Autonomous Communities. A distinction is made between potential entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and Established business, as...

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Does activity mix and funding strategy vary across ownership? : evidence from Indian banks

Ghosh, Saibal - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2011), pp. 1-33

Using data on Indian banks during 1996-2007, the paper examines the impact of bank activity and short-term funding for bank returns and risks. The findings indicate that larger, fast growing financial firms tend to have higher fee income shares. In addition, banks with greater reliance on fee...

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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the extension of short-time work, time buffers due to...

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Initial endowment effects in multi-unit vickrey auctions

Akaichi, Faical; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Gil, José M. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 41-55

We report the result of experiments designed to assess the effect of initial endowments on willingness to pay values elicited from multi-unit Vickrey auctions. Comparing bids from an “endow and upgrade” approach with the “full bidding” approach, we find that the direction of the...

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La teoría de juegos conductual, el dilema del viajero alternativo y la maximización de pagos

Moro, Rodrigo; Freidin, Esteban; Tohmé, Fernando; … - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 457-473

Within the area of Behavioral game theory, we focus on a specific context, namely, on a game we called the Alternative traveler’s dilemma. In this context, we observe that participants tend to choose strictly dominated strategies. In order to explain similar tendencies in other games,...

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Distribution of poverty and inequality indices for various groups in Greece using the bootstrap technique

Aggelopoulou, Dimitra; Zografakis, Stavros; Sypsas, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 2, pp. 81-97

The present work estimates poverty and inequality indices in various groups that are known to have high contributions … to poverty and inequality, such as farmers, pensioners and families with 3 or more children. Using the bootstrap … technique, we estimate confidence intervals for these indices and examine if the decrease of poverty and inequality during the …

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Forecasting wage inequality

Ruiz-Tagle V., Jaime - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 141-162

Wage inequality in Chile has remained high for decades and it is currently at the center of the political agenda …. Increasing education of workers is expected to contribute to reduce wage inequality. Based on historical trends of age, education …, and returns to education, this paper attempts to forecast wage inequality. Despite an increase in average earnings due to …

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Top Incomes in Chile using 50 years of household surveys : 1957 - 2007

Sanhueza, Claudia; Mayer, Ricardo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 169-193

Using household surveys that cover more than 50 years of the political and economic history of Chile, we investigate changes in the shape of the distribution of income in Chile, and in the composition of top 10% and top 1% incomes. In line with international evidence, top incomes concentration...

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