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An investigation of the nexus between globalisation dimensions and income inequality
Tamasauskiene, Zita; Žičkienė, Skaidrė - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 9 (2021) 2, pp. 39-53
Objective: The objective of the article is to explore the nexus between changes of various globalisation dimensions, defined by either policy (de jure) or outcomes (de facto), and the rise in income inequality in a panel of 27 EU countries during the period 1998-2017. Research Design & Methods:...
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Left-behind vs. unequal places : interpersonal inequality, economic decline, and the rise of populism in the US and Europe
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Terrero-Dávila, Javier; Lee, Neil - 2023
Economic change over the past twenty years has rendered many individuals and territories vulnerable, leading to greater interpersonal and interterritorial inequality. This rising inequality is seen as a root cause of populism. Yet, there is no comparative evidence as to whether this discontent...
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The Effect of Growth and Inequality in Incomes on Health Inequality : Theory and Empirical Evidence from the European Panel
Van Ourti, Tom - 2009
Europe aims at combining income growth with improvements in social cohesion as measured by income and health inequalities. We show that, theoretically, both aims can be reconciled only under very specific conditions concerning the type of growth and the income responsiveness of health. We...
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Intertemporal Pro-Poorness
Bresson, Florent - 2015
A long-lasting scientific and policy debate queries the impact of growth on distribution. A specific branch of the micro-oriented literature, known as 'pro-poor growth', seeks in particular to understand the impact of growth on poverty. Much of that literature supposes that the distributional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019026
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Finance, Growth, and Inequality : New Evidence from the Panel VAR Perspective
Jeong, Hyeok - 2018
This study analyzes the relationship among financial development, economic growth, and income inequality using cross-country panel VAR models. Most theoretical models state that these variables interact with one another and generate feedback dynamics. Under the presence of such interactive...
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New transition member states of the European Union : (how) do they respond to current changes in the global economy?
Kunčič, Aljaž; Tkalec, Staša - In: International journal of sustainable economy 8 (2016) 1, pp. 1-17
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A new index of globalization : measuring impacts of integration on economic growth and income inequality
Huh, Hyeon-seung; Park, Cyn-Young - 2019
The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to develop a new composite index of globalization based on data on … effects of globalization on economic growth and income inequality. The index comprises 25 indicators that represent the key … integration in the construction of the globalization index. The results show that although globalization promotes economic growth …
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Preferences for redistribution in Europe
Olivera, Javier - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 14, pp. 1-18
This paper uses pseudo panel techniques and a fixed effects estimator to analyse the determinants of preferences for redistribution in 34 European countries over the period 2002-2012. The data is drawn from the six available waves of the European Social Survey. The main result is that changes in...
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A vibrant European labor market with full employment
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario “vibrant.” It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...
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Capital income shares and income inequality in 16 EU member countries
Schlenker, Eva; Schmid, Kai D. - 2014 - This version: October 2014
In this paper, we estimate the effect of changes in capital income shares on inequality of gross household income. Using EU-SILC data covering 16 EU countries from 2005 to 2011 we find that the level of capital income shares is positively associated with the concentration of gross household...
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