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traditional measures, based on subgroups income means, to the approach related to inequality decomposition, and showing how … inequality measure. A three-terms decomposition of the Gini index is applied, thus allowing to take into account also the role of … overlapping component represents a key issue in gender gap analysis. An analysis of the income distribution of the Italian …
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The paper takes the Leibnitz Integral Rule (LIR) under variable integration limits and demonstrates how it can be applied to a business firm's dynamic problem of determining its optimum level of investment activity, when the longevity (life span) of the investment is itself a variable determined...
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This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality …
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and the transition to modern growth. -- demographic transition ; gender gap ; human capital ; fertility ; mortality …
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Broad differences in life expectancy are observed across countries and socio-demographic groups. This paper reviews the evidence for Italy on the level and development of these inequalities and discusses the strength and possible determinants of the relationship between life expectancy and education
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mortality across income groups - as a critical link through which income inequality persists. Using an overlapping generations … that differential child mortality and its interaction with differential fertility may generate an quot;income inequality …Many developing countries are plagued by persistent inequality in income distribution. While a growing body of economic …
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In this paper we explore the implication of a morbidity risk for the relationship between longevity and annuitization. We divide old-age life into two periods with uncertain survival from the end of the first to the end of the second. We show that a rise in the survival rate causes different...
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A central policy issue in the battle against HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is whether and when high-prevalence countries might become fully autonomous in designing and implementing their own intervention policies aimed to control the disease. The aim of this research is twofold. First, it...
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