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Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020

We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...

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Opportunity and Inequality across Generations

Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2022

We analyze how intergenerational mobility and inequality would change relative to the status quo if dynasties had …

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Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022

rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On …. disadvantaged children, earnings inequality could increase between one and four Gini points, depending on the assumptions. …

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Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital

Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021

We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...

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Inequality in Early Care Experienced by U.S. Children

Flood, Sarah; McMurry, Joel; Sojourner, Aaron; Wiswall, … - 2021

tend to receive care of higher measured quality and higher cost. Inequality is evident at home as well: measures of …-income households, reduces inequality in care provided, but it is mainly limited to older children and to the lowest income households …

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Capital flows and endogenous growth

Komarov, Evgenij - 2021

So-called "uphill capital flows", i.e. flows of physical capital from relatively poor to rich countries, are a new phenomenon with yet unclear impact. We develop a unified framework incorporating economic institutions, human capital and physical capital to study the interaction of international...

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The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the “Great Gatsby Curve” in Brazil

Leone, Tharcisio - In: Review of Development Economics 26 (2022) 3, pp. 1227-1251

inequality. In this sense, this work presents empirical evidence for the existence of the “Great Gatsby curve” within a single …. Finally, the paper investigates one specific mechanism behind this correlation: whether higher income inequality might lead to … of income inequality. …

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Racial wealth disparities: Reconsidering the roles of human capital and inheritance

Sabelhaus, John; Thompson, Jeffrey P. - 2022

In this paper, we present updated measures of racial disparities in wealth using the most recent data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), augmented by household-level estimates of defined benefit (DB) pension wealth developed by Sabelhaus and Volz (2020). Including this important asset,...

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Playing the System: Address Manipulation and Access to Schools

Bjerre-Nielsen, Andreas; Christensen, Lykke Sterll; … - 2023

Strategic incentives may lead to inefficient and unequal provision of public services. A prominent example is school admissions. Existing research shows that applicants "play the system" by submitting school rankings strategically. We investigate whether applicants also play the system by...

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Rethinking the Inequality-Growth Nexus: Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Challenges

Duong, Khanh - 2023

This study reexamines the relationship between economic growth and inequality, challenging the conventional view that … regards inequality solely as an impediment to development. While recognizing the essential role of economic growth in … growth. We explore how inequality interplays with pressing global challenges like climate change and pandemics, areas that …

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