Malaysia Household Wealth Distribution: Current Evidence and Future Prospects
The paper studies the distribution and inequality of wealth among the household per capita in Malaysia, using the 2007 Malaysia’s Household Income Survey (HIS) data. Consistent with findings from other countries, the distribution of wealth is more skewed
Muhammed Abdul Khalid
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Modeling the Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth [PDF]
Abstract This paper considers a parametric model for the joint distribution of income and wealth. The model is used to analyze income and wealth inequality in five OECD countries using comparable household-level survey data. We focus on the dependence parameter between the two variables and study whether accounting for wealth and ...
Jäntti, Markus +2 more
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Modeling the Impact of Monetary Policy with Different Patterns of Facility Repayment Rates on Macroeconomic Variables Using the Agent-Based Approach [PDF]
Aim and Introduction: The distribution of income and wealth in Iran is highly dependent on monetary policy. Iran's macroeconomic variables show that the country is experiencing an increase in inflation, liquidity and social inequality.
Alireza Zarifian Abhari +1 more
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TIME PREFERENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF WEALTH AND INCOME [PDF]
This paper examines the connection between time preference heterogeneity and economic inequality in a deterministic environment. Specifically, we extend the standard neoclassical growth model to allow for (1) heterogeneity in consumers' discount rates, (2) direct preferences for wealth, and (3) human capital formation.
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Distribution of Income and Wealth among Individuals [PDF]
Abstract This chapter examines the implications for the distribution of wealth and income of alternative assumptions about savings, reproduction, inheritance policies, and labor homogeneity in the context of a neoclassical growth model.
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Debt, Wealth, Income Distribution and Demand: A post-Keynesian Empirical Study on Turkiye
The aim of this article is to examine effects of wealth, personal income distribution, and households’ and firms’ debt stock on aggregate demand and its components in Türkiye and characterize its demand regime.
Ozan Ekin Kurt
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The Effect of Capital Ownership and Ownership Spread on Economic Income Distribution
This study makes a comparative analysis on the spread of ownership and capital ownership by associating it with income distribution. The spread of property and capital ownership to the base diversifies the type of income individuals receive from the ...
Esat Daşdemir, Halil Tunalı
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Political Aspects of Reproduction of Inequalities in the Republic of South Africa
The Republic of South Africa has been recently recognized as the world’s “most unequal state in terms of wealth and income distribution”. The Gini coefficient for wealth distribution in South Africa stands at 0.96%, which perfectly reflects the total ...
Andrzej Polus
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Exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit in Early Childhood and Family Wealth
Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and a cohort of individuals born between 2000 and 2011, we examine whether exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in early childhood (birth to age five) affects family wealth in middle childhood (ages six
Katherine Michelmore, Leonard M. Lopoo
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A Multi-Country Trade and Tourism with Endogenous Capital and Knowledge
Background: The study models a dynamic interaction among economic growth, structural change, knowledge accumulation, international trade and tourist flows.
Zhang Wei-Bin
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