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This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population?s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...
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This study reexamines the relationship between economic growth and inequality, challenging the conventional view that regards inequality solely as an impediment to development. While recognizing the essential role of economic growth in development plans, our analysis extends beyond this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438991
Climate-econometric estimates assuming that climate changes affect economic growth result in larger projected damages than estimates restricting the effect to economic income levels. We show that the latter is consistent with neoclassical macroeconomic theory by explicitly accounting for income...
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Our study uses a small area estimation method to estimate the average and inequality of per capita kWh consumption for small areas in Vietnam. It shows evidence of a large spatial heterogeneity in the electric power consumption between districts and provinces in Vietnam. Households in the...
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This paper examines the implications of automation capital in a Solow growth model withtwo types of labour. We study the transition from standard production to production usingautomation capital which substitutes low-skilled workers. We assume that despite advancesin technology, AI and machine...
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This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual’s want of social status. For a given level of a population’s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005764196
Since the point of view of contemporary economic analysis, the theories of growth occupy a place, particulary in the study of the structural phenomenon and long run. Now, in the purpose for coming more actual or endogenous models of economic growth is associated with the definition of...
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We use archaeological data on house sizes to generate estimates for economic inequality and economic growth from near the beginning of the Holocene to about the first millennium AD. At worldwide scales these variables are positively related, but patterns are more divergent at regional levels....
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Brazilian economic reforms in 21st century have great importance for the international community, especially for other countries of the middle level of development. The authors believe that, in spite of all the difficulties and crises, Brazil has made a decisive step forward by reforming its...
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According to the Kuznets hypothesis, inequality first tends to increase and then decrease as a country develops. Whether borne out empirically, this inverted-U Kuznets curve, as a stylized 'fact', has shaped the discourse on economic development and income inequality for decades. In this paper...
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