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Čtyři mechanizmy příjmové diferenciace (available in Czech only)
Rychetník, Luděk - In: Czech Economic Review 1 (2007) 2, pp. 155-179
This paper describes four mechanisms of income differentiation which generate inequalities both at national and international levels. They are: (i) Increasing returns to scale, (ii) cost of capital (interest) hidden in prices, (iii) economic rent derived from scarce natural resources, and (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005698642
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Recoupling Economic and Social Prosperity
Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2020
This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human well-being, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being – solidarity (S) and agency (A) – to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180191
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Recoupling economic and social prosperity
Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2020
This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human well-being, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012178514
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Two different sources of inequalities : profits and rents in advanced market economies
Mihályi, Péter; Szelényi, Iván - 2016
The starting point of our research is Piketty (2014) who follows Marx by asserting that rents are merely one of the forms of profits, therefore they do not require separate conceptual analysis and statistical separation. Speaking of the generation of rents (as a distinctly different mechanism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538527
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The response of income inequality to positive oil rents shocks in Iran : implications for the post-sanction period
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim - 2017 - This version: August 10, 2017
We study the short and long run responses of income inequality to the positive oil and gas rents per capita shocks in … statistically significant response of income inequality to oil rents booms within 4 years after the shock. The Autoregressive … inequality in the long run. The results are robust after controlling for income-distribution channels in Iran. Our analysis can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011707363
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Oil rents shocks and inequality in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim - 2018 - This version: January 2018
We study the short and long run responses of income inequality to positive per capita oil and gas rent shocks in Iran … and statistically significant response of income inequality to oil rent booms within 4 years of the shock. In addition … per capita leads to an approximately 1.4-percent increase in income inequality. The results are robust to controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793996
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The response of income inequality to positive oil rents shocks in Iran : implications for the post-sanction period
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim - 2017 - This version: August 10, 2017
We study the short and long run responses of income inequality to the positive oil and gas rents per capita shocks in … statistically significant response of income inequality to oil rents booms within 4 years after the shock. The Autoregressive … inequality in the long run. The results are robust after controlling for income-distribution channels in Iran. Our analysis can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011720818
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Does corruption promote emigration?
Schneider, Friedrich - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates—and among which groups—is important because most labor emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highly-educated workers to leave developing countries, it can result in a shortage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405028
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Community-based Targeting and Initial Local Conditions: Evidence from Indonesia’s IDT Program
Yamauchi, Chikako - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008
there is much concern about local capture in communities with large inequality, the ease of identifying the poor could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032850
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Does corruption promote emigration? : corruption is a driving force of emigration, especially for high-skilled workers, but also for other workers
Schneider, Friedrich - 2015
Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates - and among which groups - is important because most labor emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highlyeducated workers to leave developing countries, it can result in a shortage of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433619