Income taxes and redistribution in the early twentieth century
Abstract This paper examines the distributive effects of personal income taxation in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. We estimate the evolution of marginal and average effective tax rates across the income distribution and calculate the corresponding indices of progressivity and ...
Sara Torregrosa‐Hetland, Oriol Sabaté
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Informing equitable urban health policy: a multi-source geospatial assessment of spatial mismatch in medical facility distribution across Chinese cities. [PDF]
Zhang Z, Guo Z, Li B, Song L.
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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Prayer, politics, and policy related to age-adjusted cancer, heart disease, infant mortality, and COVID-19 death Rates, U.S. states 2018-2021. [PDF]
Robertson LS.
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Irish regional GDP since independence
Abstract This paper constructs the first long‐run estimates of Irish regional gross domestic product (GDP) over the twentieth century and traces the relative economic performance of Ireland's regions since independence. Using an array of data sources available at a county level, output in agriculture, industry, and services in benchmark census years is
Alan de Bromhead, Seán Kenny
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Inequality in the Distribution and Utilization of Healthcare Resources in Kazakhstan (2002-2023): A Spatiotemporal Analysis. [PDF]
Shaltynov A +7 more
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The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge +2 more
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Coupling coordination between ecological environment quality and public health of residents in the Yellow River Basin, China: A modified coupling coordination model approach. [PDF]
Zhao J, Xie Q, Liu Y.
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