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Inequality and Network Structure
Iyengar, Garud - 2008
This paper explores the manner in which the structure of a social network constrains the level of inequality that can … be sustained among its members. We assume that any distribution of value across the network must be stable with respect … network. We show that if the network is bipartite, there is a unique stable payoff distribution that is maximally unequal in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723139
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Health and income : a robust comparison of Canada and the US
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Echevin, Damien - 2009
This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the first application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905283
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Rising inequalities in income and health in China : who is left behind?
Baeten, Steef; Van Ourti, Tom; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722984
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Childrenś opportunities in Germany : an application using multidimensional measures
Bartels, Charlotte; Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2016
Single parents and unmarried couples are increasingly replacing the traditional nuclear family. This paper investigates if the greater variety in living arrangements contributes to increased resource disparities among children in Germany. Children in single parent families are disadvantaged in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440704
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The centre cannot hold : patterns of polarization in Nigeria
Clementi, Fabio; Dabalen, Andrew L.; Molini, Vasco; … - 2014
Our hypothesis is that Nigeria is going through a process of economic polarization. An analysis of this type is new for Nigeria; the limited availability of comparable data has hindered an investigation that requires data series not too close in time. The present paper tries to overcome this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433391
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Health and Income : A Robust Comparison of Canada and the US
Duclos, Jean-Yves - 2009
This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the first application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155155
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Inequality of Opportunity, Inequality of Income and Economic Growth
Aiyar, Shekhar S. - 2019
We posit that the relationship between income inequality and economic growth ismediated by the level of equality of opportunity, which we identify with intergenerationalmobility. In economies characterized by intergenerational rigidities, an increase in incomeinequality has persistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889158
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Inequality of Opportunity in Education in the Arab Region
Hashemi, Alireza - 2016
Inequality of opportunity (IOp) in education concerns the influence of circumstances that children were born into on their educational achievement. Earlier literature has shown that IOp in the Arab region for the most part is considerably high (Salehi-Isfahani et al., 2014). This paper updates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988555
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Perceptions of Inequality and Social Justice in the Arab Region
Intini, Vito - 2016
A disquieting fact, that motivated a renewed interest toward the understanding of the distributional features, in both the academic and policy environment, is the increase in inequality in many industrialized countries over the last decades, accompanied by a general increase of the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988557
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Health and Income : A Robust Comparison of Canada and the US
Duclos, Jean-Yves - 2009
This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the first application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718652