Showing 1 - 10 of 143
are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326493
Over the time, demography has been the subject of multiple researches, given its importance in the development process of any community. The population and the changes in its structure, as well as aspects related to birth, mortality or specific demographic indicators (economic dependency rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547045
Creating distributional national accounts (DINA; e.g. Piketty, Saez, and Zucman 2018) requires the allocation of all government expenditure to individuals in order to compute their post-tax, post-transfer income. A sizeable part of government expenditure is in-kind spending, either in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328611
The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419216
inequality. Simulations show that inequality generally builds up fast even if players have equal starting conditions and house … prices are stable; rising house prices imply more extreme inequality. An extension of the classical game with interest rates … inequality by more than high interest rates. The simulations also demonstrate a first-mover advantage both within a generation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268409
The article is concerned with understanding the impact of social preferences and wealth inequality on aggregate … microeconomic level and how these in turn translate into macroeconomic outcomes. Increasing the workers' sensitivity to inequality … wealth differences raise aggregate profit and output but entail distributional utility losses and increased inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421506
We use detailed information on all real estate stock and transactions since 2006 to study housing inequality in Belgium … then estimate inequality in value or space at different levels of aggregation - from the federal to the local neighborhood … level. Overall inequality is relatively low (Gini of 0.25), but significant heterogeneity exists across and within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443738
In this paper we investigate the relevance of bargaining institutions for the decline of the labor share. Several explanations for the decline exist, which consider the relevance of technology, globalization and markups. Neglected so far is the influence of bargaining institutions, in particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328613
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013161969
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013162313