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multidimensional setting by considering the joint distribution of income and wealth. The results indicate that, with the exception of … joint distributions of income and net wealth confirms that France demonstrates a more homogenous distribution of richness …This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …
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multidimensional setting by considering the joint distribution of income and wealth. The results indicate that the percentage of … the joint distributions of income and net wealth yields that France demonstrates a more homogenous distribution of …This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …
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distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … inequality. In high income countries, the evidence that income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak … difficult to gauge the magnitude of the contribution this makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks …
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distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …-health’s contribution to income inequality is difficult to gauge. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life could be an important … within the domain of health, then economic inequality will generate health inequality. In high-income countries, the evidence …
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This paper is the first to compare global trends in income and wealth inequality this century. It is based on large … income and wealth microdata samples designed to be representative of all countries in the world. Measured by the Gini … coefficient, inequality between countries accounts for about two-thirds of global income inequality, but noticeably less - around …
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individuals' fairness perceptions regarding wealth inequality. It begins from the premise that prominent measures of inequality …'s contribution highlights the importance of 'intuitive' measures of political matters such as wealth inequality. It further indicates …This paper seeks to understand whether the way in which inequality is communicated through measurements influences …
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This paper is about “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” by Thomas Piketty. It identifies his central macroeconomic claims and examines them, arguing that the contentions are theoretically and empirically unwarranted.
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We study beliefs about wealth inequality and preferences for wealth redistribution. For this, we conduct a large …-scale online survey in Germany. First, we analyze how well participants are informed about the German wealth distribution and their … treatment group receives information about the shape of the German wealth distribution, while another treatment group receives …
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recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data … from the Survey of Household Finances over the period 2002 to 2014 to examine the distributions of income and wealth in … both income and wealth following the sharp decline in house prices that occurred since 2008, with house price fluctuations …
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