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Figueiredo, Erik; Ziegelmann, Flávio - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 2, pp. 1249-1260

This paper aims to measure the degree of income mobility in Brazil in the 1987-2005 period. To achieve that, we consider the axiomatic mobility approach and the dynamic tool suggested by Aebi et al. (1999). The transition probability matrix calculations and the mobility index indicate that...

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Cultural capital and demand

Amestoy, Victoria Ateca - - In: Economics Bulletin 26 (2007) 1, pp. 1-9

In this paper we develop a theoretical model that investigates the demand for cultural goods under the assumption of cultural capital and rational addiction. We also consider the effect of a policy intervention in order to raise the initial stock of cultural capital of a given individual, both...

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Cultural capital and demand

Amestoy, Victoria Ateca - - In: Economics Bulletin 26 (2007) 1, pp. 1-9

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Intergenerational earnings mobility in Taiwan

Sun, Fengye; Ueda, Atsuko - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 187-197

This study aims to estimate the extent of intergenerational mobility of earnings in Taiwan. The intergenerational elasticity of a child's earnings with respect to its parent's earnings is estimated by using household micro-data from the Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) in Taiwan. We apply...

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The Changing Structure of Inequality in India, 1993-2010: Some Observations and Consequences

Singh, Ashish; Kumar, Kaushalendra; Singh, Abhishek - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 590-603

inequality in total consumption expenditure by different sources (food, education, health, durable goods and other items … consumption over 1993-94 to 2009-10, thus contributing to the observed rise in consumption inequality in India. Except for the … expenditure on food items, inequality contributions of expenditures on all other heads including education, health, durable goods …

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The Impact of the 2008 Crisis on Top Labor Incomes in Turkey: A Nonparametric Analysis

Tumen, Semih - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 1269-1282

This paper presents a nonparametric analysis of the impact of the 2008 crisis on earnings distribution in Turkey. Using micro-level data from the Household Labor Force Survey (2004-2011), I show that the crisis has operated most visibly above the upper quartile of the earnings distribution. I...

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In the mood for redistribution. An empirical analysis of individual preferences for redistribution in Italy

Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 2383-2398

Over the past few years a large body of literature has studied the determinants of individual preferences for income equality and redistributive policies. In this paper, using data collected in 2005 by the World Values Survey (WVS), we specifically focus on the preferences expressed by Italians...

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Decomposition of Gini and the generalized entropy inequality measures

Stéphane, Mussard; Michel, Terraza; Françoise, Seyte - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2003) 3, pp. 1-5

In this article we provide an overview of the Gini decomposition and the generalized entropy inequality measures, a …

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Top incomes in Brazil: preliminary results

Souza, Pedro Ferreira de; Medeiros, Marcelo; Castro, … - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 2, pp. 998-1004

inequality in Brazil are higher than those estimated using household surveys, and, contrary to what these surveys show …, inequality did not fall over this period: the current trend is one of stability. …

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Pooling promises with moral hazard

Panaccione, Luca; Goulão, Catarina - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 460-465

We extend the framework of Dubey and Geanakoplos (2002) to the case of moral hazard. We analyze the equilibrium properties of the model and we show that equal ex-ante consumers may choose to promise differently, and, as a consequence, choose different actions. This illustrates how the pool of...

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