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Growth is (really) good for the (really) rich
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Chavez, Emmanuel; … - Centro de Estudios Económicos, Colegio de México - 2013
distribution. We find that economic growth is good for the rich in the sense that the mean income of the top decile of the … growth is really good for the really rich. We also find that during economic downturns, the average income of top earners …
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Richer or more numerous or both? : the role of population and economic growth for top income shares
Krolage, Carla; Peichl, Andreas; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018
When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … income growth than the standard measure. We apply these measures to long-term income data from the United States and find … growth since 1980 than when keeping top groups fixed. For earlier historical periods, our analysis shows that choice of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011939792
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Inequality, Environmental Protection and Growth
Marsiliani, L.; Renstrom, T.I. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
, income distribution influences the stringency of environmental policy and consequently the growth of a country. Individuals … inequality, environmental protection, and growth. …
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Inequality, environmental protection and growth
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, T. I. - 2000
, income distribution influences the stringency of environmental policy and consequently the growth of a country. Individuals … inequality, environmental protection, and growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608600
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Economic Gains from Publicly Provided Education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...
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Economic Gains from Educational Transfers in Kind in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - In: Journal of Income Distribution 19 (2010) 3-4, pp. 17-40
The aim of this paper is to estimate non-monetary income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyze their impact on the income distribution and on economic inequality in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and taking into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828675
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Public Investment in Human Capital: Insurance Benefit versus Tax Distortions
Yilmaz, Ayla - Society for Computational Economics - SCE - 2001
A part of the current literature on human capital accumulation claims that individuals may prefer to pay taxes that may distort their labor/leisure, and saving/consumption decisions to finance a public education system. Because, this makes it possible for the future members of their family to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005345626
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Women in the top of the income distribution : what can we learn from LIS-data?
Bobilev, Roman; Boschini, Anne; Roine, Jesper - 2019
We explore the extent to which LIS-data can be used to shed light on the presence of women in the top of the income distribution. We show developments of the share of women in top groups (P90-100 and P99-100) of the labour income distribution for 28 countries and, when possible, compare to...
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Women in top incomes : evidence from Sweden 1974-2013
Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2018
Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974-2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the distribution we move, their presence has steadily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804134
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Women in top incomes : evidence from Sweden 1974-2013
Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2017
Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974–2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the distribution we move, their presence has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731888