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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269249
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Knowledge is power : a theory of information, income, and welfare spending
Lind, Jo Thori; Rohner, Dominic - 2013
model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties …, income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters than for less informed voters. Further, when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222122
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Luck, choice and responsibility : an experimental study of fairness views
Möllerström, Johanna; Reme, Bjørn-Atle; Sørensen, … - 2014
inequalities, but many follow an interior allocation rule previously unaccounted for by the fairness views in the literature. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393298
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Fractionalization and the Size of Government
Lind, Jo Thori - 2003
fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508116
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Whatś the monetary value of distributive justice
Corneo, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2007
lines of race and education. -- Distributive Justice ; Governmental Redistribution ; Fairness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003526223
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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
persistence. -- equality of opportunity ; fairness ; redistribution ; wage inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310036
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Long term trends in fair and unfair inequality in the United States
Hussey, Andrew; Jetter, Michael - 2014
This paper analyzes the microeconomic sources of wage inequality in the United States from 1967-2012. Decomposing inequality into factors categorized by degree of personal responsibility, we find that education is able to explain more than twice as much of inequality today as 45 years ago....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409801
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Multidimensional equality of opportunity in the United States
Hufe, Paul; Kobus, Martyna; Peichl, Andreas; Schüle, Paul - 2022
Are the United States still a land of opportunity? We provide new insights on this question by invoking a novel measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity has increased by 77% over the time period 1983-2016....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093036
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Multidimensional equality of opportunity in the United States
Hufe, Paul; Kobus, Martyna; Peichl, Andreas; Schüle, Paul - 2022
Are the United States still a land of opportunity? We provide new insights on this question by invoking a novel measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity has increased by 77% over the time period 1983-2016....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169954
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Long Term Trends in Fair and Unfair Inequality in the United States
Hussey, Andrew - 2014
This paper analyzes the microeconomic sources of wage inequality in the United States from 1967-2012. Decomposing inequality into factors categorized by degree of personal responsibility, we find that education is able to explain more than twice as much of inequality today as 45 years ago....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046231