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Some Reflections on the Social Welfare Bases of the Measurement of Global Income Inequality

Brandolini, Andrea - 2017

This paper examines the social welfare bases of the measurement of income inequality among the inhabitants of the world …

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Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality

Aaberge, Rolf - 2015

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

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Global Inequality : Beyond the Bottom Billion – A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries

Ortiz, Isabel; Cummins, Matthew - 2011

This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and Eurostat; (ii) discusses the negative implications of rising income inequality for development; (iii) calls for placing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043671

COVID-19 and the 'Return of the Normative' in Economic Policy

Reddy, Sanjay G. - 2021

The global health, economic and social emergency resulting from COVID-19 and the response to it has brought normative concerns, often submerged in everyday policymaking, to the forefront. We examine why the crisis has resulted in this "return of the repressed" and what it suggests about the...

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Being up Front about Income Inequality

Hill, Brian - 2020

This paper proposes universal provision of information about the income inequality involved in the creation of a good as a means of moderating income inequality. Existing evidence suggests that a section of the population would be willing to pay more for goods whose production involves less...

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Effort and comparison income: experimental and survey evidence

Clark, Andrew E.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2006

This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort combining experimental evidence from a gift …-exchange game with ISSP survey data. We find a consistent negative effect of others' incomes on individual effort in both datasets …. The individual's rank in the income distribution is a stronger determinant of effort than others' average income …

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Wie können Corporate Citizens voneinander lernen? : Anregungen für den Global Compact der Vereinten Nationen

Hielscher, Stefan; Pies, Ingo; Beckmann, Markus - 2007

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Wie können Corporate Citizens voneinander lernen? : Anregungen für den Global Compact der Vereinten Nationen

Hielscher, Stefan; Pies, Ingo; Beckmann, Markus - 2007

Der Global Compact der Vereinten Nationen versteht sich nicht als Regulierungsinitiative, sondern als freiwilliges Lern- und Dialogforum für Corporate Citizenship. Dieser Beitrag entwickelt Vorschläge, wie der Global Compact diesem Anspruch (noch besser) gerecht werden kann. Hier geht es um...

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What might explain today's conflicting narratives on global inequality?

Ravallion, Martin - 2018

How unequal is the world today? Is global income inequality falling, as many economists claim, or is it rising, as one often hears? This paper reviews the arguments and evidence. A number of concerns about the underlying data are identified, with biases going in both directions. Conceptual...

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Measurement of Economic Inequality

Krishnamoorthy, Prakash - 2008

An attempt to treat axiomatically the measurement of economic inequality …

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