We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991–2000 and 2001–2010) and of the post … across countries and across skill groups. In relative terms, the post-crisis wave induces smaller welfare gains compared to …

utilitarian social welfare function yields a simple welfare measure which comprises both GDP and income inequality as measured by …Over the last decades, research in behavioural economics has demonstrated that individual welfare (utility), as … gathering that something similar holds for aggregate welfare, i.e. that GDP alone is an insufficient predictor for various …

We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991– 2000 and 2001–2010) and of the post … across countries and across skill groups. In relative terms, the post-crisis wave induces smaller welfare gains compared to …

Abstract Does more wealth inequality lead to more inequitable trade policies? To answer this question, this study … wealth inequality leads to more equitable trade policies. In a pro-capitalist regime, an increase in wealth inequality leads … to more inequitable trade policies. Using cross-country data on political ideology, wealth inequality and different …

We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … by society when they are perceived as undeserving in the sense that they falsely claim to be eligible for welfare … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …

(labor market impact, fiscal impact, capital deepening, endogenous education, endogenous inequality). We use a backsolving …

regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …

and inequality, and by their distributional characteristic. Our findings suggest that public transfers can be effective … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …