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Cremer, Helmuth; De Donder, Philippe; Pestieau, Pierre - 2010

This paper shows that the design of education policy involves a potential conflict between welfare and social mobility. We consider a setting in which social mobility is maximized under the least elitist public education system, whereas welfare maximization calls for the most elitist system. We...

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Distribution of natural resources, entrepreneurship and economic development: growth dynamics with two elites

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2005

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

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The elite and the marginalised: an analysis of public spending on mass education in the Indian States

Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2008

and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed … and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste … education while presence of capitalist elite, as reflected in greater degree of industrialisation enhances it, even in poorer …

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Elite dominance and under-investment in mass education: disparity in the social development of the Indian states, 1960-92

Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2007

elite dominance that discriminates against the minority groups of people and systematically under-invests in mass education …. We experiment with various indirect economic and political measures of elite dominance. Results based on the Indian state …

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Multidimensional measurement of richness: Theory and an application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...

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Eliteuniversitäten - Gewinner im Wettbewerb um Studierende?

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Fischer, Georg-Benedikt; Wigger, … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 2, pp. 125-128

internationally competitive elite institutions. The present article analyses whether or not designation as an elite institution has …

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Die Legitimation der Marktwirtschaft

Nullmeier, Frank - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) Sonderheft, pp. 34-40

elite responsibility, is currently on the rise. …

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Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter--and More Unequal

Lindsey, Brink - Princeton University Press

What explains the growing class divide between the well educated and everybody else? Noted author Brink Lindsey, a senior scholar at the Kauffman Foundation, argues that it's because economic expansion is creating an increasingly complex world in which only a minority with the right knowledge...

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Tourist Innovation as the Key to Modernization of Society

Kaleychev, Svetoslav - ToKnowPress

-tourists shows that most of them relating to or associated with the so-called elite travelers. This specific group is characterized …

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Privatisation and the emergence of new business elites in Russia

Steiner, Helmut - 2001

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