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The global inequality boomerang
Kanbur, Ravi; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; Sumner, Andrew - 2022
In this paper we argue that the decline in global inequality over the last decades has spurred a 'sunshine' narrative of falling global inequality that has been rather oversold, in the sense, we argue, it is likely to be temporary. We argue the decline in global inequality will reverse due to...
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Pro-Rural Policies, Income and Inequality : Evaluating a Cash-for-Work Program in Rural China
Chen, Yu - 2014
Despite the dramatic reduction of poverty in China over the past thirty-five years, poverty has not been fully eradicated in rural areas, and in the context of growing inequalities, it remains a national concern. This paper examines a local cash-for-work program launched in mountainous areas of...
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Effects of patent policy on income and consumption inequality in a R&D growth model
Chu, Angus C. - In: Southern economic journal 77 (2010) 2, pp. 336-350
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Inequality of Debt and its Macroeconomic Implications : A Case of South Korea
Park, Ki Young - 2016
This study establishes the stylized facts on inequality of debt during the period of 2001-2013 in South Korea, along with those of inequality of income and consumption, and present empirical evidence on its macroeconomic implications. Firstly, we find that income and consumption inequality have...
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Inequality of Debt and its Macroeconomic Implications : Evidence from South Korea
Park, Ki Young - 2017
This study establishes the stylized facts on economic inequality using KLIPS (Korean Labor & Income Panel Study) of 2001-2015 and presents empirical evidence on their macroeconomic implications. Firstly, we find that income and consumption inequality have not increased in 2000s, contradicting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959849
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Does development reduce migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - 2014
suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic … transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to … explain the mobility transition and numerous tests of its existence and characteristics in both macro- and micro-level data …
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Social spending generosity and income inequality : a dynamic panel approach
Niehues, Judith - 2010 - This version: October 29, 2010
This paper explores whether more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if redistributive outcomes are offset by behavioral disincentive effects. To account for the inherent endogeneity of social policies with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System...
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COVID-19 and income inequality : evidence from monthly population registers
Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2021
We measure the distributional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic using newly released population register data in Sweden. Monthly earnings inequality increased during the pandemic, and the key driver is income losses among low-paid individuals while middle- and high-income earners were almost...
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Domestic and external monetary policy shocks and economic inequality in the Republic of Korea
Hahm, Joon-ho; Lee, Dong Jin; Park, Cyn-Young - 2022
This paper investigates the effects of monetary policy shocks on income and wealth inequalities in the Republic of Korea. Using the detailed Household Income and Expenditure Survey and Korean Labor and Income Panel Study data, we construct measures of income and wealth inequality for the Korean...
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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences
Immel, Lea - 2021
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
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