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Income distribution and development [PDF]

, 2003
Income distribution is critically linked to human development. While some studies claim that early stages of growth inevitably impact negatively on income distribution other studies have shown that from the start equal distribution is possible. Equal distribution of income leads to higher growth reducing poverty and improving cohesion and health.
Frances Stewart
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The effect of ECD program on the caregiver’s parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices: based on a cluster-randomized controlled trial in economically vulnerable areas of China

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The first three years of life are the critical and sensitive periods for the formation of individual abilities. However, existing data indicates that early childhood development (ECD) in economically vulnerable areas of China is lagging, which
Ying Li, Shanshan Li, Lei Tang, Yu Bai
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The effectiveness of lending facilities in China —evidence from bank lending

China Economic Quarterly International, 2023
This study examines the impact of lending facilities on commercial banks’ lending and its underlying mechanism by employing the difference-in-difference method utilizing Chinese banking data. It is found that lending facilities significantly increase the
Wei Deng, Zhigang Ouyang, Guochao Yang, Sai Xiao   +3 more
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Mobility and Income Distribution

Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2023
AbstractThis article presents a model for income distribution among factors of production in the context of a globalised economy. Previous models are most often static and do not take into account the geographical location of the factors of production nor the mobility costs that result.
Piluso, Nicolas, Colletis, Gabriel, Blanchet, Adrien, Badra, Mehdi   +3 more
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Optimism and survival: health behaviors as a mediator—a ten-year follow-up study of Chinese elderly people

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Optimism—the generalized expectation that good things will happen—is a promising health asset. Mounting evidence indicates that there are specific associations between optimism and survival rates.
Zhang Yue, Hang Liang, Xigang Qin, Yang Ge, Nan Xiang, Erpeng Liu   +5 more
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The association between financial support of adult children to their parents and informal care provision in China and its differences in household registration, residence arrangement and community-based care services: 2008 ~ 2018

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background The changes in demographic and family structures have weakened the traditional norms of filial piety and intergenerational relationships dramatically.
Hang Liang, Boyu Wang, Yanli Wu, Qilin Zhang, Nan Xiang, Zhang Yue, Erpeng Liu   +6 more
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Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
We review research on the impact of immigration on income distribution. We discuss routes through which immigration can affect income distribution in the host and source countries, including compositional effects and effects on native incomes. Immigration may affect the composition of skills among the residents of a country.
Blau, Francine D., Kahn, Lawrence M.
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Disinflations and Income Distribution [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Most countries in the world have brought inflation down to very low rates. While there is broad consensus regarding the fact that polices aimed at bringing down inflation have adverse consequences on aggregate output and unemployment, at least in the short run, we know little about the distributional impact of disinflations.
Gómez Acevedo, Laura, Hofstetter Gascón, Marc   +1 more
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The association between reproductive history and the multidimensional health of older adults in rural China and its gender differences: Evidence from the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundFew studies have examined the association between reproductive history and the multidimensional health of older adults with more diverse reproductive histories and poorer health status in rural China. The purpose of this study is to explore the
Changyong Yu, Hang Liang, Boyu Wang, Fei Liang, Erpeng Liu, Nan Xiang   +5 more
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Consensus Income Distribution [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
In determining the optimal redistribution of a given population's income, we ask which factor is more important: the social planner's aversion to inequality, embedded in an isoelastic social welfare function indexed by a parameter alpha, or the individuals' concern at having a low relative income, indexed by a parameter beta in a utility function that ...
Stark, Oded, Falniowski, Fryderyk, Jakubek, Marcin   +2 more
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