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fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty … debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se …
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expectations, a structural labor demand model, and a tax-benefit microsimulation model. Our findings show that as of September 2020 …
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In this paper we model an OLG-economy where labour supply is endogenously determined and where we assume that there are two pension systems, namely, a pay-as-you-go system and a funded system. The main question is whether there is an equilibrium involving an old-age pensions system, partly...
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In this paper we address the question whether in case of population ageing a transition from an unfunded to a more …
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It is not straightforward to define the ethics of responsibility in cases where the consequences of changes in factors within our control are partly determined by factors beyond our control. In this paper, we suggest that one plausible view is to keep us responsible for the parts of the...
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We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from reference effects in the determination of income...
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This paper adds to our understanding of the causes of income inequality across nations by examining the influence of … different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …
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In this paper we aim to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the fiscal consolidation package adopted recently by the Italian Government in order to achieve a balanced budget by 2013. Revenues are forecasted to increase by more than 3.3 GDP percentage points; these stem mostly from indirect...
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-level approach. We combine a microsimulation model with labour market transition techniques to simulate the COVID-19 shock on the …
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Inequality is an important threat to the globalization of the world economy that we experience today. This contribution … uses a new measure of inequality: heigth inequality. It covers not only wage recipients, but also the self-employed, the … turns out that within-country inequality is higher in time periods of greater openness.We also find that inequality leads to …
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