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This paper investigates a new approach to understanding personal and functional income distribution. I propose that hierarchical power - the command of subordinates in a hierarchy - is what distinguishes the rich from the poor and capitalists from workers. Specifically, I hypothesize that...
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greater control over subordinates, I hypothesize, that explains the income and class of the very rich. I test this idea using … portion of their income. This suggests that among CEOs, both income size and income class relate to hierarchical power. I then … plausible. Using this model, I infer the relation between income size, income class, and hierarchical power among the US public …
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The Inequality Barometer is an online survey first conducted in Germany in 2020. It gauges individual perceptions of … multiple aspects of inequality and social mobility as well as a range of policy preferences related to inequality. Responses … inequality and social mobility. In sum, we find that respondents underestimate the extent of inequality in important ways, which …
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increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent … ; wages ; inequality ; social mobility …
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light on the inequality impacts of secular changes in income distribution. In a simple Kuznetstype process, the Gini … polarization in labor markets in advanced economies also reduce personal inequality at the top and increase it at the bottom. The … shift of population toward the two extremes unambiguously raises personal inequality for those in the middle. The wage …
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characteristics (such as gender, ethnicity) and family background (household characteristics and parental education). We handle and … compare two household surveys ten years in between, in order to analyze whether these circumstantial factors are still …
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The main goal of this paper is to document and analyze the long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity and thus … evolution of inequality of opportunity is measured for a period of about two decades for the whole populations, as well as for … different birth cohorts. Relative inequality of opportunity represents an important portion of total income inequality, with …
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the differences in the efforts of household heads. Among-group inequality has been attributed to the difference of …This paper attempts to estimate inequality of opportunities in Punjab, Pakistan by using non-parametric approach …. Household level data of Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014 has been analyzed for this purpose. Household head's income has …
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