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Which dimension of income distribution drives crime? : evidence from the People's Republic of China
Wang, Chen; Wan, Guanghua; Zhang, Xueliang - 2017
Income distribution is perceived to affect crime (Becker 1968; Thurow 1971; Merlo 2003). Consequently, economists have been modeling crime-employing inequality indicators as one of the explanatory variables, yielding mixed results. This paper argues that income polarization rather than inequality should...
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Different faces of inequality across Asia: Decomposition of income gaps across demographic Groups
Hlasny, Vladimir - 2017
Substantial evidence exists that economic inequality in Asia has been growing, but the dimensions of this inequality and its growth are far less clear. This paper evaluates inequality in household incomes per capita across various demographic groups in income surveys from six middle- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688706
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Different faces of inequality across Asia : decomposition of income gaps across demographic Groups
Hlasny, Vladimir - 2017
Substantial evidence exists that economic inequality in Asia has been growing, but the dimensions of this inequality and its growth are far less clear. This paper evaluates inequality in household incomes per capita across various demographic groups in income surveys from six middle- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615561
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The conditional influence of poverty, inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023
Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing literature by assessing the conditional influence of poverty, income … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265901
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The sources of income inequality in Indonesia: A regression-based inequality decomposition
Wicaksono, Eko; Amir, Hidayat; Nugroho, Anda - 2017
Growing inequality is one important problem for a developing country, and Indonesia is no exception. Narrowing the gap between those at the top and the bottom of income distribution has become one of the government's main concerns. To achieve this goal, the sources of income inequality must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688690
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The conditional influence of poverty, inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023
Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing literature by assessing the conditional influence of poverty, income … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549258
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The sources of income inequality in Indonesia : a regression-based inequality decomposition
Wicaksono, Eko; Amir, Hidayat; Nugroho, Anda - 2017
Growing inequality is one important problem for a developing country, and Indonesia is no exception. Narrowing the gap between those at the top and the bottom of income distribution has become one of the government's main concerns. To achieve this goal, the sources of income inequality must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610559
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Credit market development and firm innovation: Evidence from the People's Republic of China
Shang, Hua; Song, Quanyun; Wu, Yu - 2017
From the perspective of credit allocation, this paper analyzes the effects of credit market development on the innovative capacities of industrial firms in the People's Republic of China. Using a large dataset of industrial firms in 31 provinces in the People's Republic of China, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688672
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The impacts of financial development, urbanization, and globalization on income inequality: A regression-based decomposition approach
Lee, Wai Choi; Cheong, Tsun Se; Wu, Yanrui - 2017
This paper aims to study the impacts of financial development, urbanization, and globalization on income inequality in the People's Republic of China. It applies the regression-based inequality decomposition approach on a panel dataset, which is aggregated from a unique database of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688674
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Structural change and productivity growth in India and the People's Republic of China
Mallick, Jagannath - 2017
Globalization has significantly changed the composition and structure of emerging economies, which has in turn reallocated factors across various economic activities. In this context, this study examines the sources of labor reallocation or structural change, and measures and empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688679