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Trends in Polarisation in Pakistan
Arshad, Haadia; Idrees, Muhammad - In: The Pakistan Development Review 47 (2008) 2, pp. 153-167
inequality shows that generally the trends in inequality and polarisation are similar. …This study analyses the trends in polarisation in Pakistan, in its rural and urban segments and its provinces, at the … study finds fluctuating trends. In general, polarisation declined in all regions of Pakistan during 1996-97 and 2001 …
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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
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The economic research potentials of the German Socio-Economic Panel study
Schröder, Carsten; König, Johannes; Fedorets, Alexandra; … - In: German Economic Review 21 (2020) 3, pp. 335-371
We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany since 1984: the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We demonstrate the comparative strength of the SOEP data in...
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China and the United States : different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
Weide, Roy van der; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161622
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Redistributive effect of personal income taxation in Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper studies the redistribution effect of personal income tax in Pakistan. We decompose the overall tax system in order to evaluate the contribution of rate, allowances, deductions, exemptions and credits. The structure given in Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, is applied to gross household...
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A Note on Generalized Transfers Principle with Reduced-Form Social Welfare Functions
Beaud, Mickael; Mussard, Stéphane - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2011
In most welfare analyses, especially in the literature on normative inequality measurement, it is a commonplace to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643107
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Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality
Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012
The OECD recently published a lengthy volume examining the causes of rising inequality in most wealthy countries over … the last three decades. This paper examines that study, finding that the OECD misses most of the story of inequality … most of the benefits of rising inequality were concentrated much further up the income ladder. In contrast to the OECD …
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The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
Baker, Dean; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012
Social Security benefits will have the effect of increasing inequality. …
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Social Mobility: What is it and Why Does it Matter?
Galiani, Sebastián - In: Económica 59 (2013) January-December, pp. 167-229
social mobility and inequality, among other important dimensions of income distribution that are jointly determined. The …
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Inshoring: The geographic fragmentation of production and inequality
Liao, Wen-Chi - In: Journal of Urban Economics 72 (2012) 1, pp. 1-16
The advent of information technology facilitates the geographic separation of production tasks, which is referred to as offshoring in international contexts and inshoring in domestic contexts. Although the literature on offshoring has flourished, the research regarding inshoring is limited. This...
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