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The evolution of cognitive skills inequalities by socioeconomic status across Canada
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2020
In this article, we document the evolution of the cognitive skills gap across Canada. We use PISA tests scores over 7 cycles, from 2000 to 2018, to provide an exhaustive portrait of the evolution of the tests scores distribution over time and by parental socioeconomic status. We find that the...
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Inequalities in economic and educational status among social groups in India : evidences from a village-based study in Uttar Pradesh
Awasthi, Ishwar Chandra; Shrivastav, Puneet Kumar - In: International journal of social economics 44 (2017) 6, pp. 774-796
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Regional economic inequality in Colombia, 1926-2018
Meisel Roca, Adolfo; Hahn-De-Castro, Lucas Wilfried - In: Time and space : Latin American regional development in …, (pp. 183-210). 2020
This chapter studies regional economic inequalities in Colombia between 1926 and 2018. We use regional economic data from several academic and official sources to study the patterns of economic growth through most of the century. We conclude that Colombian regions did not converge during this...
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Does self-perceptions and income inequality match? : the case of subjective social status
Poppitz, Philipp - 2016
This paper examines subjective social status to test whether individual comparisons are driven by income and wealth, or social and cultural capital as defined by Bourdieu. The empirical analysis uses a cross-sectional data set of 18 European countries and a mixed model with an MCMC estimation...
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Multidimensional inequality and divergence : the Eurozone crisis in retrospect
Poppitz, Philipp - 2019
last recession brought convergence to a halt. This paper asks, first, whether sigma-convergence is found when other … dimensions of inequality are taken into account, and second, whether the recent economic recovery led to renewed convergence. To … assess sigma-convergence, I estimate transnational inequality in the euro area (EA-13) using a decomposable multidimensional …
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A human development index by internal migrational status
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan - 2009
Migration continues to be a very important income diversification strategy, especially for poor populations in developing countries. However, while there has been much analysis on the economic consequences of migration for migrants and the receiving regions, whether internal migration improves...
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Inequality and union membership : the impact of relative earnings position and inequality attitudes
Checchi, Daniele (contributor); Visser, Jelle (contributor);  … - 2007
In this paper we examine the connection between union membership and economic inequality. Using several surveys from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) covering the period 1985-2002, we initially examine the impact of relative earnings position on union membership and show that...
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Corona crisis and inequality: why management research needs a societal turn
Bapuji, Hari; Patel, Charmi; Gokhan Ertug; Allen, David G. - In: Journal of management 46 (2020) 7, pp. 1205-1222
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A more equal world? : an analysis of the global inequality trends in the period 2000-2020
Guerriero, Arthur Zito - 2024
characterize the period 2000-2020 as an "age of convergence" (Milanovic, 2022), others argue that global inequality has remained … inequality did fall between 2000 and 2020, this trend was not the result of a truly global convergence process involving all … countries, as it was mainly driven by high growth rates in Asia. Combining data from the World Income Inequality Database (WIID …
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