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Urbanizing with equity consideration
Wan, Guanghua; Luo, Zhi; Zhang, Xun - 2017
Research has not yet been undertaken on the optimal level of urbanization, notwithstanding the pioneering work of Au … urbanization, with and without equity consideration, respectively. It is shown that considering equity will result in a higher … level of urbanization than otherwise, when urban inequality is sufficiently small or migration costs are sufficiently large …
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ECONOMIC GROWTH, INEQUALITY AND SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: A BRAZILIAN CASE
BAR-EL, Raphael; SCHWARTZ, Dafna - In: Region et Developpement 18 (2003), pp. 147-170
from a regional perspective, and relates it to the urbanization rates and the urban concentration. Using the case of the …
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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872219
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Optimal inequality behind the veil of ignorance
Liang, Che-yuan - 2013
In Rawls' (1971) influential social contract approach to distributive justice, the fair income distribution is the one that an individual would choose behind a veil of ignorance. Harsanyi (1953, 1955, 1975) treats this situation as a decision under risk and arrives at utilitarianism using...
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
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Cities as Engines of Opportunities : Evidence from Brazil
Barza, Radu; Glaeser, Edward L.; Hidalgo, César A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
positive effects of urbanization depend on the skilled and unskilled working together, a form of integration that is more …
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Structural change and income distribution : accounting for regional inequality in the People's Republic of China and its changes during 1952 - 2012
Wan, Guanghua; Wang, Chen; Zhang, Xun - 2016
This study explores the relationship between inequality and structural transformation by constructing a theoretical model, developing analytical frameworks, and implementing a case study. The general equilibrium model we develop demonstrates that inequality exhibits an inverted U shape as...
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How do regional price levels affect income inequality? : household-level evidence from 21 countries
Jansky, Petr; Sedivy, Marek - 2018
Regional differences in prices levels are substantial in many countries, but little is known about how important they are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best available data and a novel two-step approach. First, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906660
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How do regional price levels affect income inequality? : household-level evidence from 21 countries
Janský, Petr; Šedivý, Marek - 2018
Regional differences in prices levels are substantial in many countries, but little is known about how important they are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best available data and a novel two-step approach. First, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928596
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Infrastructure development, income inequality, and urban sustainability in the People's Republic of China
Mendoza, Octasiano M. Valerio - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People's Republic of China. Recent policies target reductions in income inequality while increasing sustainable urban development. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both...
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