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Specific egalitarianism? : inequality aversion across domains
Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2024
behavioural determinants of IA and how they differ across domains such as income and health. Using representative surveys from … England, this paper elicits comparable estimates of IA in the health and income domains using two alternative elicitation … and health domains. Average estimates are around 0.8 for income IA and range from 0.8 to 1.5 for health IA. Second, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014637432
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The handbook of inequality and socioeconomic position : [concepts and measures]
Shaw, Mary (contributor); Galobardes, Bruna (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375370
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Inequality of wellbeing : a multidimensional approach
Decancq, Koen; Ana Lugo, Maria - In: Economica 79 (2012) 316, pp. 721-746
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722953
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Overall Inequality Verses Wealth Based Inequality in Child Malnutrition : An Empirical Illustration for India
Sarkar, Debaprasad; Haldar, Sushil Kumar - 2014
This paper outlines a comparison empirically between overall inequality in child malnutrition (Malnutrition-Gini) and wealth based inequality in child malnutrition (Wealth-Based-Concentration Index) for Indian children. The framework by A. Wagstaff and E.van Doorslaer, 2003 is used for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146846
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Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth
Stark, Oded - 2005
This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual’s want of social status. For a given level of a population’s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729676
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Status Aspirations, Wealth Inequality, and Economic Growth
Stark, Oded - 2018
This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population's wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911262
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Rich and poor in America : a reference handbook
Gilbert, Geoffrey - 2008
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The economic other : inequality in the American political imagination
Condon, Meghan; Wichowsky, Amber - 2020
"There is a puzzling disconnect between rising income inequality and public opinion in the United States. One might think-and many politicians argue-- that as inequality increases the public on the losing side of the inequality divide would demand more redistributive action from government. But...
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Income, wealth and equal opportunities in Sweden
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian; André, Christophe; … - 2017
Sweden is an egalitarian society in international comparison, and has managed to combine equity with economic efficiency. Rapidly rising inequality and relative poverty from a historical low in the 1980s partly stem from ageing, changing family structures and migration. Living standards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700405
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Income Mobility and Economic Inequality from a Regional Perspective
Prieto-Rodriguez, Juan - 2011
A necessary condition for mobility to reduce the popular desire for redistribution is a significant positive correlation between inequality and mobility. In Prieto et al. (2008), a significant positive relationship was found at the national level. The objective of this study is to establish...
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