Inequality and globalization
Working Paper 2017-435 Abstract As normally measured, “global inequality” is the relative inequality of incomes found among all people in
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-435 Abstract As normally measured, “global inequality” is the relative inequality of incomes found among all people in
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-434 Abstract Should public investment be targeted to big cities or to small towns, if the objective is
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-433 Abstract The high inequality in China has been a focus of interest for policy makers and researchers.
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-432 Abstract Standard income inequality indices can be interpreted as a measure of welfare loss entailed in departures
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-431 Abstract We focus on a question that has been long addressed in economics, namely, of one distribution
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-430 Abstract In this paper we challenge the common interpretation of Rawls’ Theory of Justice as Fairness by
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-429 Abstract Questions about the adequacy of the official poverty measure led to the development of the Supplemental
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-428 Abstract Current policy discussion focuses primarily on the power of fiscal policy to reduce inequality. Yet, comparable
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-427 Abstract Traditional analyses of redistributive effects of the tax-benefit system are rooted in the concepts of relative
Read MoreWorking Paper 2017-426 Abstract We present an approach to measure the stratification of occupations by sex. For that, we extend
Read MoreWorking Paper 2016-425 Abstract This paper examines how important the occupational sorting of individuals in same-sex couples is in explaining
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