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inequality in water usage. Design/methodology/approach Gini coefficients and Theil indices have been used to estimate the overall … inequality in domestic water use in a sample of 30 countries around the world. Along with Theil’s L (unweighted) index, liters … inequality in water use in accordance to the countries’ economic standing. Findings Domestic water use is high among the well …
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Summary Nearly 20 years after unification large differences of the labor market situation in East and West Germany persist. Wages are still considerably lower, the unemployment rate is about twice of the West German level, and the competitiveness of the East German economy seems to be low. This...
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Summary Despite rapid economic integration and massive help from the Federal Government East German productivity catching up faded out in the nineties. This paper presents panel-data estimates of the productivity adjustment based on a production function framework and a stylized adjustment model...
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Abstract To increase the power of the VaR tests, it has been recently proposed to extend the duration-based test class with the geometric-VaR and Gini-coefficient-based tests. These tests, though exhibiting outstanding power properties, have not gained recognition in the industry. A potential...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the long‐run relationship between economic growth and income inequality … analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The aim of this paper is to offer a proper answer to the issue of the inequality … cointegration analysis shows that, for both periods the relationship is positive and the inequality‐growth elasticity has grown in …
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basis of years of schooling of individuals, to assess education inequality in Ghana. Findings – The paper finds evidence of … gender and spatial inequality in education in Ghana. In particular, the three northern regions have lower education … within‐inequality component of the education Gini. The paper also finds a positive correlation between poverty incidence and …
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across dairy farms and how these factors differ across the USA. Design/methodology/approach Income and wealth inequality of … indicated that income inequality was greater than wealth inequality across US dairy farms. Results of the quantile regressions … coefficients to determine if income and wealth inequality exist.  …
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The paper is based on the New Institutional Economic Theory, which emphasizes institutions as a vital component in the creation of wealth and economic growth. It is widely accepted that formal institutions change rapidly through political and legislative decisions. Informal institutions are...
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, and Croatia, provided a mixture of entrepreneurial demographics and context. Findings – Only one hypothesis supported a …
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commitment, and values in the context of business relationships in two former Yugoslav markets, Serbia and Croatia. The results …
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