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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E. - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099799
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E. - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101556
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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575162
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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578752
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Economic development and inequality of opportunity : Kuznets meets the Great Gatsby?
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Moramarco, Domenico; … - 2025
According to the Kuznets hypothesis, inequality first tends to increase and then decrease as a country develops. Whether borne out empirically, this inverted-U Kuznets curve, as a stylized 'fact', has shaped the discourse on economic development and income inequality for decades. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015395472
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Dimensions of African inequality
Bigsten, Arne - 2014
This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249771
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Inequality and economic development : an overview
Galor, Oded - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897570
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Structural transformation and inequality : a sSectoral analysis for low- and middle-income countries
Magwedere, Margaret Rutendo; Marozva, Godfrey - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 16 (2024) 4, pp. 423-441
The study examined the impact of structural transformation to inequality using a panel of low- and middle-income countries from 1996 - 2018. The system generalised method of moments was used to determine the effect of value-added of each sector to income inequality for the countries in the...
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Structural transformation and income distribution : kuznets and beyond
Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631507
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Does education engender cultural values that matter for economic growth?
Bangwayo-Skeete, Prosper F.; Rahim, Afaf; Zikhali, Precious - 2009
growth, how then can societies promote them? This paper attempts to answer this question using the 2005 wave of the World … Values Survey data for 43 countries. We test the contention that education significantly impacts the relative importance an … education levels attach higher importance to values related to autonomy and economic achievement as compared to conformity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003852264