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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967503
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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
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Property's Effect on Economic Inequality – Property, Piketty, and Capitalism
Forbes, Lucas - 2022
This Article examines property law’s effect on economic inequality, particularly centered on Thomas Piketty’s findings in Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Piketty finds that when the rate of return on capital is greater than economic growth, capital concentrates among the wealthy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296986
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272020
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758062
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The measurement of educational inequality : achievement and opportunity
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Gignoux, Jérémie - 2011
consideration of two measurement issues that have typically been overlooked in the literature: the implications of the … of the variance in test scores that is explained by pre-determined circumstances. Both measures are computed for the 57 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522507
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A dissimilarity-adjusted index of ethnic diversity : measurement and implications for findings on conflict, growth and trade
Kolo, Philipp - 2016 - Draft version from December 2015
Existing indices of ethnic diversity are generally based on pre-defined groups, disregarding the (dis)similarities between them. This paper proposes an index that includes the dissimilarity in language, ethno-racial characteristcs and religion between groups. The resulting distance-adjusted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421911
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Multidimensional affluence in income and wealth in the Eurozone : a cross-country comparison using the HFCS
Kontbay-Busun, Sine; Peichl, Andreas - 2015
This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a multidimensional setting by considering the joint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288530
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Cultural diversity : a matter of measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470405
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Multidimensional affluence in income and wealth in the eurozone : a cross country comparison using the HFCS
Kontbay-Busun, Sine; Peichl, Andreas - 2014
This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a multidimensional setting by considering the joint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459794