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intra-household inequality magnifies or hampers the redistributive effect of the transfers, when the policy-maker focuses on … the inequality at the individual level. Depending on the type of the transfer, three properties capturing the idea that …
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Disposable income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient and using Family Budget Survey data, increased very … inequality due to changes in the wage earnings component is mitigated by changes in the tax and transfer components in both … in the tax component to lowering the growth of inequality in the Czech Republic, while the reverse was true for Slovakia. …
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This paper is published as Chapter 7 of Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling edited by Cathal O''Donoghue, and issued in the series Contributions to Economic Analysis by Emerald Publishing Group. The purpose of the paper is to provide a detailed discussion in relation to the development of the...
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inequality. Simulations show that inequality generally builds up fast even if players have equal starting conditions and house … prices are stable; rising house prices imply more extreme inequality. An extension of the classical game with interest rates … inequality by more than high interest rates. The simulations also demonstrate a first-mover advantage both within a generation …
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Do rising inequality and youth unemployment aect preferences for redistribution? Using country-level European survey … data from 2002 to 2015, I show that changes in market inequality and the rise of (youth) unemployment increase preferences … market income inequality and (youth) unemployment. The preferences of the relatively rich and healthy are more responsive to …
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inequality as a social dynamic within the space of support and evaluate whether providing worseoff others corresponds to former … discriminatory practices under the apartheid regime. My results suggest that inequality has normalized a sense of support as …
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inequality as a social dynamic within the space of support and evaluate whether providing worseoff others corresponds to former … discriminatory practices under the apartheid regime. My results suggest that inequality has normalized a sense of support as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545413
inequality. Simulations show that inequality generally builds up fast even if players have equal starting conditions and house … prices are stable; rising house prices imply more extreme inequality. An extension of the classical game with interest rates … inequality by more than high interest rates. The simulations also demonstrate a first-mover advantage both within a generation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268409
Do rising inequality and youth unemployment aect preferences for redistribution? Using country-level European survey … data from 2002 to 2015, I show that changes in market inequality and the rise of (youth) unemployment increase preferences … market income inequality and (youth) unemployment. The preferences of the relatively rich and healthy are more responsive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195792
This paper provides a comprehensive survey of seven aspects of rising inequality that are usually discussed separately …: changes in labor’s share of income; inequality at the bottom of the income distribution, including labor mobility; skill …-biased technical change; inequality among high incomes; consumption inequality; geographical inequality; and international differences …
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