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', the author proposes a pragmatical non-parametric estimation strategy to compare income distributions in terms of Rawlsian …% of the overall income inequality, with an increasing pattern originating from the recent economic crisis. …
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More than half of German adults are overweight. Those most often affected include the elderly, poor, and individuals with poor education. Yet is overweight an issue that economists should address? Poor nutrition and lack of exercise play a major role in widespread diseases. One third of total...
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Findings from consumer surveys and studies about nutritional labeling tend to be hard to compare, because the methodologies they use and questions they address are quite varied. Nevertheless, by evaluating these studies, we can obtain a good overview of existing nutritional labeling systems and...
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Unfaire Vertriebsmethoden, begrenzte Offenlegung von Kosten, zweifelhafte Beratungen, unzureichende und unverständliche Verbraucherinformation sowie erfolglose Beschwerden attestieren insbesondere Verbraucherorganisationen der Riesterrentenversicherung und ihrem privatwirtschaftlichen Vertrieb...
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Mehr als die Hälfte der Erwachsenen in Deutschland ist übergewichtig. Besonders oft betroffen sind Ältere, Arme und Menschen mit geringer Bildung. Ein Thema für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler? Ernährung und fehlende Bewegung sind entscheidende Faktoren für wichtige Volkskrankheiten. Für durch...
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Moderne Marktordnungen schützen den Verbraucher vor Schäden und sichern den Leistungswettbewerb und die Funktionsfähigkeit von Märkten. Wettbewerbsorientierte Verbraucherpolitik und verbraucherorientierte Wettbewerbspolitik ergänzen sich dabei. Die Verhaltensökonomik zeigt allerdings, dass...
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Robots, that is any sort of machinery from computers to artificial intelligence programs that provides a good substitute for work currently performed by humans, can increasingly replace workers, even highly skilled professionals, and thus reduce opportunities for good jobs and pay. But, with...
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Wage inequality in Portugal has increased over the last thirty years, with two distinct periods. The period from 1984 to the mid-90s witnessed strong increases in both upper- and lower-tail inequality. A shortage of skills combined with skill-biased technological changes were at the core of this...
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. Germany is a country of enormous inequality - income, wealth and opportunities are distributed more unequally in Germany than … not a lack of public redistribution of income and wealth, but rather the unusually high inequality of opportunity, through …
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