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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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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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The present study examines the impact of organizational justice on the three dimensions of work alienation identified … organizational justice (i.e., procedural, distributive, and interactional) could lead employees to perceive their organization as … found a significant negative relationship between organizational justice and work alienation in the case of distributive …
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The increasingly complex environment, development of technology-based products, and customization of demand challenge the reaction speed of the enterprise; for the success of organizational management, the teams usually reform the enterprise, create new ideas, produce innovative models with...
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This study considers factors influencing relationships on an employee and employer level (micro-level) as well as the effectiveness and performance of the organization as a whole (macro-level). The organizational climate plays hereby a central role as a determinant of the organizational behavior...
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The development of information technology has affected the banking business strategy. Internet have been the backbone in the last decade in expanding the banking business, especially in increasing financial transaction services. The term online banking has emerged and became an aspect in banking...
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Literature has tried to report whether high compensation differences between executives are linked to better firm performance. This study, based on tournament theory arguments, has attempted to provide new evidences in this line of research, using a sample of 120 Spanish listed firms. Results,...
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This article characterizes the properties of the compensation scheme of delegated portfolio management that would lead to the selection of high risk-high return portfolios. In particular, it provides conditions under which a non-monotone payment structure emerges as an optimal contract, which...
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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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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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