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value judgment that inequality and insecurity do not matter, the paper demonstrates that a better measure of “command over …
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-being (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, income equality, and economic security) from the lens of the Index of Economic Well-being, a …
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We examine inference for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality measures with complex survey data, using Wald … equivalence of two or more inequality measures, including sub-group decomposition indices and group shares, are covered. We …
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We examine inference for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality measures with complex survey data, using Wald … more inequality measures, including sub-group decomposition indices and group shares, are covered. We illustrate with …
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such a large panel to study income distribution and inequality of household income make empirical results of this study …
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(i.e., self-constructed) foundations of growing inequality (as opposed to Piketty, I believe that 'r' is currently so …In an article published in Development and Change in 2011, I suggested an alternative measure of inequality to the Gini … article has evolved to become a further attempt at contributing to the literature on inequality and the statistics to measure …
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explores the relationship between income growth and income inequality using data at the municipal level in Sweden for the … period 1992-2007. We estimate a fixed effects panel data growth model, where the within-municipality income inequality is one … of the explanatory variables. Different inequality measures (Gini coefficient, top income shares, and measures of …
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A comparison of the 2007-08 crisis with that of 1929 showed its extreme gravity, but it also may have implied that the old harmful mistakes would not be repeated. After four years, the crisis has not been solved and it even threatens to worsen. Neo-conservative Republicans claim that this is...
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This paper analyzes how forming a monetary union affects consumption and earnings inequalities caused by adopting a common currency. We use a two country overlapping-generations model to investigate these effects. When countries choose to form a monetary union, the country with higher initial...
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Inequality within advanced countries has returned to levels typical of a century ago. At the global level it remains … extremely high despite the rapid growth of major developing countries such as China, India and Brazil. This makes inequality a … major economic issue, social problem and political challenge in today’s capitalism. However, economic inequality is the …
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