Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 910,320
Cover Image
Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth
Stark, Oded - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002569905
Cover Image
Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth
Stark, Oded - 2005
This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual’s want of social status. For a given level of a population’s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729676
Cover Image
Status Aspirations, Wealth Inequality, and Economic Growth
Stark, Oded - 2018
This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population's wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911262
Cover Image
The Distributional Incidence of Growth : A Non-Anonymous and Rank Dependent Approach
Palmisano, Flaviana - 2013
This paper provides a normative framework for the assessment of the distributional incidence of growth. By removing the anonymity axiom, such framework is able to evaluate the individual income changes over time and the reshu­ ing of individuals along the income distribution that are determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090621
Cover Image
The tragedy (or virtue?) of in-kind redistribution : how the poor pays for the rich's status concerns
Schumacher, Jan - 2008
The model describes a two person economy, in which one individual with positive exogenous income is altruist towards an individual with no income. The rich individual cares for her own social status. She evaluates her status by comparing disposable net cash incomes. When deciding on the size and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746177
Cover Image
Choosing or inheriting the Joneses : the origins of reference groups
Leites, Martín; Paleo, Camila; Ramos Morilla, Xavier; … - 2022
Do individuals choose their reference groups, i.e. their Joneses, or are they culturally transmitted across generations? We provide evidence that feeds the theoretical debate about the endogeneity or exogeneity of reference groups. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that reference groups are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013382465
Cover Image
Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023678
Cover Image
Measurement of Economic Inequality
Krishnamoorthy, Prakash - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014215875
Cover Image
A Path-Dependent Poverty Measure
Ceriani, Lidia - 2013
The paper provides the axiomatic characterization of a new poverty measure, the path-dependent poverty index. This is a two period index taking into account not only individuals current and past deprivation levels, but also the relative position with respect to their previous income status....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095525
Cover Image
A Path-Dependent Poverty Measure
Ceriani, Lidia - 2012
The paper provides the axiomatic characterization of a new poverty measure, the path-dependent poverty index. This is a two period index taking into account not only individuals current and past deprivation levels, but also the relative position with respect to their previous income status....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109735