This paper reviews the Thai national character according to Hofstede's cultural dimension theory and Komin's nine values cluster (Psychology of the Thai people), analyses the social hierarchy of Thai consumers according to the Luxury 4P Taxonomy (Han et al., 2010), integrates the Theory of...

We estimate growth rates of real incomes in the U.S. by quintiles using the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) post-tax, post-transfer data as basis for the period 1979-2011. We improve upon them by including only the present value of earnings that will accrue in retirement and excluding...

This study examines from a cross-national perspective the importance of inheritance as a source of private wealth accumulation. Multivariate econometric analyses of harmonized survey data obtained from 11 European countries reveal that inheriting households own considerably more wealth than...

This report explores the development of exploitation theory in mathematical Marxian economics by reviewing the main controversies surrounding the proper definition of exploitation since the contribution of Okishio (1963). The report first examines the debates on the Fundamental Marxian Theorem...

A dynamic general equilibrium model that generalises Roemer's [23] economy with a global capital market is analysed. An axiomatic analysis of the concept of unequal exchange (UE) between countries is developed at general dynamic equilibria. The class of UE definitions that satisfy three...

This paper studies the relationship between social class, educational attainment, and social mobility. While educational expansion has been shown to increase educational attainment and social mobility in contemporary countries, the 19th century has received little attention. The German state of...

Diese Arbeit setzt sich mit mentalitätsgeschichtlichen und strukturellen-institutionellen Hintergründen zur industriellen Entwicklung in Grossbritannien und Deutschland während der sogenannten zweiten industriellen Revolution bis 1914 auseinander. Hierfür wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche...

We study differential parental responses to variation in class size induced by a maximum class size rule in Swedish schools. In response to an increase in class size: (i) only high-income parents help their children more with homework; (ii) all parents are more likely to move their child to...

How can we understand subnational differences in fertility rates? The most common explanations see the key to these differences in the socio-structural composition of a region's population and its structural conditions. However, such explanations fail to account for fertility rate differences in...

Die öffentlich finanzierte Kindertagesbetreuung hat in Deutschland in letzter Zeit sowohl politisch und medial als auch wissenschaftlich erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Die Schaffung von Betreuungsplätzen stand dabei im Vordergrund. Eher vernachlässigt wurde die Verbesserung der Qualität...

Wir gehen der Frage nach, ob die gegenwärtige Vermögensungleichheit in Deutschland auf eine Dominanz von Erbschaften im oberen Bereich der Verteilung zurückzuführen ist. Auf Basis der PHF-Daten finden wir, dass die Vermögen der Deutschen zu etwa zwei Dritteln auf Eigenleistung und zu etwa...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The agro-industrial roots of the US capitalist transition through state capacity building : 1830-1870 -- The end of slavery and southern agricultural class structure -- Farmer organizations : the rise and fall of populism -- State institutional capacity...

Cracks in the American dream -- A primer on household wealth -- Pathways to wealth accumulation -- Recognizing our past -- Evidence of wealth privilege -- Three views of the American dream -- Resilience and wealth privilege -- The spiral of privilege and policy -- The white plutocracy system