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consider interactions with the other. We synthesize theoretical mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment interlinkages … appraisal. We argue that it is crucial to consider inequality-environment interlinkages even if one’s primarily concern is one …Preserving environmental quality and addressing economic inequality both feature prominently in public discourse …
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consider interactions with the other. We synthesize theoretical mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment interlinkages … appraisal. We argue that it is crucial to consider inequality-environment interlinkages even if one’s primarily concern is one …Preserving environmental quality and addressing economic inequality both feature prominently in public discourse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799747
, income, and welfare. Government investment increases wealth inequality over time, regardless of its financing. The time path … of income inequality is, however, highly sensitive to financing policies, and is often characterized by sharp … intertemporal tradeoffs, with income inequality declining in the short run but increasing in the long run. Public investment …
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We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...
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policies, and thus, lower inequality is beneficial for the environment. With nonhomothetic preferences, the beneficial …, SO2 and N2O emissions corroborate our main hypothesis: reducing inequality is beneficial for the environment only for …This paper re-examines the relationship between per capita income, inequality, and per capita emissions while …
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This study assesses the incidence of pollution control policies on households. In contrast to previous studies, we … pollution externalities, the dominance analysis allows us to conclude that all three policies have a normatively robust negative … poverty dominates for any poverty line (and thus welfare dominates) at the second order. Finally, while the three pollution …
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, information technology (in short IT) has caused rising monopoly power, which explains rising inequality, slow growth of wages and … empirical link of IT with monopoly power. Step 3 is theoretical, explaining why theory shows we should expect these results, by … rising functional inequality and explain that the unique properties of IT also cause rising personal inequality. In step 5 we …
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profit-driven- and increase wealth inequality. However, the effect on long-run growth is negative, because of the reduced … restore balanced growth in the long run; and the increase in wealth inequality is permanent. The ultimate effect on long …
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by introducing incomplete contracts, imperfect property rights protection, and a lack of valuation for the environment by …
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Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be … Surveys, to revisit the question of whether inequality is associated with economic growth and, in particular, to examine … whether inequality of opportunity - driven by circumstances at birth - has a negative effect on subsequent growth. Results are …
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