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Choosing inequality: how economic security fosters competitive regimes

Lenger, Alexander; Wolf, Stephan; Goldschmidt, Nils - In: The Journal of Economic Inequality 19 (2020) 2, pp. 315-346

of the first round, leading to a pattern of societal stratification. Participants are informed individually about points …

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Education, Income Distribution, and Growth: The Local Connection

Bénabou, Roland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

stratification. Imperfect capital markets are not necessary, but will compound these other sources. Second, stratification makes … to reduce stratification, it may improve educational achievement in poor communities much less than it lowers it in … policy to improve both equity and efficiency. Fifth, because of the cumulative nature of the stratification process, it is …

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Where do I stand in the EU? Income comparisons and perceptions

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Jäger, Julian; Wang, Hequn; Beblo, … - 2022

With a survey experiment conducted in Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, we investigate how EU citizens rank themselves within the EU. In all four countries, (mis-)perceptions of EU income positions result primarily from respondents' (incomplete) information about their national position and...

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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity

Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria overtime. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...

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Wealth of children from single-parent families: Low levels and high inequality in Germany

Lersch, Philipp M.; Grabka, Markus M.; Rüß, Kilian; … - In: Journal of European Social Policy 31 (2021) 5, pp. 565-579

Families’ economic wealth is a resource that can provide children with crucial advantages early in their lives. Prior research identified substantial variation of wealth levels between different family types with children from single-parent families being most disadvantaged. The causes of this...

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Perceived income positions and attitudes towards EU inequality: A cross-country survey experiment

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Wang, Hequn; Jäger, Julian; Beblo, … - 2022

We examine the relationship between perceived income positions and attitudes towards inequality at a supranational-level. Conducting a survey in four EU Member States (Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden), we confirm that their citizens misperceive their own income position in the EU. Once we...

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Regional deprivation and populism: Evidence from Germany and the U.S.

Bayerlein, Michael - 2022

A widely held view is that increasing globalisation and inequality are fostering support for populist actors. Surprisingly, when focusing on Germany and the U.S., populist voting is highest in less globalised regions with rather equal income distributions. Addressing this puzzle, I ask how the...

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The barycenter of the distribution and its application to the measurement of inequality: The balance of inequality, the Gini index, and the Lorenz curve

Di Maio, Giorgio - 2022

This paper introduces in statistics the notion of the barycenter of the distribution of a non-negative random variable Y with a positive finite mean μY and the quantile function Q(x). The barycenter is denoted by μX and defined as the expected value of the random variable X having the...

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Intergenerational wealth transmission and mobility in great britain: What components of wealth matter?

Gregg, Paul; Kanabar, Ricky - 2022

The rapid widening of intergenerational wealth inequalities has led to sharp differences in living standards in Great Britain. Understanding which components of wealth are driving such inequalities is important for improving wealth and social mobility. We show the change in the intergenerational...

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Inequality and Public Pension Entitlements

Sierminska, Eva; Wroński, Marcin - 2022

The literature on wealth inequality is expanding very fast. Wealth is usually more concentrated than income. However, traditional measures of wealth inequality are based only on private wealth, and thus exclude public pension entitlements. In this chapter, the literature on the impact of public...

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