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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up … href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/ak4r54626380774p/">Journal of Economic Inequality</A>. …
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Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income
Francois, J.; Rojas-Romagosa, H. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine crosscountry … variation in inequality with respect to import protection. Results are consistent with predictions of the factor-intensity model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257001
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Health and Inequality
O'Donnell, Owen; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; Ourti, Tom Van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence supports a significant and substantial impact of ill … makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life is a potentially important mechanism through … which health may generate, and possibly sustain, economic inequality. If material advantage can be excercised within the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257494
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Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income
Francois, J.; Rojas-Romagosa, H. - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine crosscountry … variation in inequality with respect to import protection. Results are consistent with predictions of the factor-intensity model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137134
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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard van - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642566
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Mean and Bold?
Witte, Kristof De; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
The Dutch drinking water sector experienced two drastic changes over the last 10 years. Firstly, in 1997, the sector association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly, merger activity arose. This paper develops a tailored...
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Social Experiments and Instrumental Variables with Duration Outcomes
Abbring, Jaap H.; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
This paper examines the empirical analysis of treatment effects on duration outcomes from data that contain instrumental variation. We focus on social experiments in which an intention to treat is randomized and compliance may be imperfect. We distinguish between cases where the treatment starts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504899
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A Non-Parametric and Entropy Based Analysis of the Relationship between the VIX and S&P 500
Allen, David E.; McAleer, Michael; Powell, Robert; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This paper features an analysis of the relationship between the S&P 500 Index and the VIX using daily data obtained from both the CBOE website and SIRCA (The Securities Industry Research Centre of the Asia Pacic). We explore the relationship between the S&P 500 daily continuously compounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256625
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Extracting Business Cycles using Semi-parametric Time-varying Spectra with Applications to US Macroeconomic Time Series
Koopman, Siem Jan; Wong, Soon Yip - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
A growing number of empirical studies provides evidence that dynamic properties of macroeconomic time series have been changing over time. Model-based procedures for the measurement of business cycles should therefore allow model parameters to adapt over time. In this paper the time dependencies...
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Risk Modelling and Management: An Overview
Chang, Chia-Lin; Allen, David E.; McAleer, Michael; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
The papers in this special issue of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation are substantially revised versions of the papers that were presented at the 2011 Madrid International Conference on “Risk Modelling and Management” (RMM2011). The papers cover the following topics: currency hedging...
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