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Inequality, life expectancy, and the intragenerational redistribution puzzle : some experimental evidence
Krieger, Tim; Meemann, Christine; Traub, Stefan - 2022
relationship between inequality of entitlements, mortality risk, and the size of redistribution in a stylized social security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184496
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Inequality, life expectancy, and the intragenerational redistribution puzzle - some experimental evidence
Krieger, Tim; Meemann, Christine; Traub, Stefan - 2022
relationship between inequality of entitlements, mortality risk, and the size of redistribution in a stylized social security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174148
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An open database on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950-2021)
Jordá, Vanesa; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tejería, Mercedes - 2023
disparities in health outcomes. Tracking the evolution of lifespan inequality is essential to promoting social justice and equity … Population Prospects to develop the most comprehensive database of lifespan inequality and polarization for 258 countries and … userfriendly website that enables users to compute lifespan inequality for any group of countries of their choice. These extensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014380667
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Investments in the human capital of the socially disadvantaged children : effects on redistribution
Lohse, Tim; Lutz, Peter F.; Thomann, Christian - 2011
Recently, early investments in the human capital of children from socially disadvantaged environments have attracted a great deal of attention. Programs of such early intervention, aiming at children's health and well-being, are spreading considerably in the U.S. and are currently tested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009407601
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Causal effects of educational mismatch in the labor market
Kleibrink, Jan - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages in Germany, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Educational mismatch has been discussed extensively, mostly by applying OLS wage regressions which are prone to an unobserved heterogeneity bias. This problem is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763249
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Long-term effect of international trade on the gender wage and educational gaps
Yamamura, Eiji - 2016
This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and educational attainment as of 2011 but did not influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437033
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Economic reasoning on the correlation between life expectancy and economic development : exploring alternative routes
Wittmann, Nadine - 2014
gross domestic product level has been reached is that of increasing economic and social inequality of distribution within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425989
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Rethinking the relative income hypothesis
Blanco-Perez, Cristina - 2012
Income comparisons have been found to be important for individual health. However, the literature has so far looked solely at upward comparisons, disregarding the effects of comparisons with worse-off individuals. In this paper, I use a broad definition of relative income to test simultaneously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681688
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The Welfare Effects of Health-Based Food Tax Policy
Kotakorpi, Kaisa - 2011
reduce health inequality. This effect undermines the traditional regressivity argument against the heavy taxation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118491
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Rethinking the Relative Income Hypothesis
Blanco-Perez, Cristina - 2012
Income comparisons have been found to be important for individual health. However, the literature has so far looked solely at upward comparisons, disregarding the effects of comparisons with worse-off individuals. In this paper, I use a broad definition of relative income to test simultaneously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097644