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Social Science Research NetworkIZA DP No. 14842 NOVEMBER 2021 A Convenient Representation of the Wealth Distribution and More Evidence on Homeownership and Wealth Inequality in Euro Area Countries1 This note proposes a convenient graphical representation of the wealth distribution and
Martin Biewen +2 more
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Falling Behind: Has Rising Inequality Fueled the American Debt Boom?
The Review of financial studiesThis paper studies whether the interplay of social comparisons in housing and rising income inequality contributed to the household debt boom in the United States between 1980 and 2007.
Moritz Drechsel-Grau, Fabian Greimel
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Inequality and Globalization: A Review Essay
Journal of Economic Literature, 2018 As normally measured, “global inequality” is the relative inequality of incomes found among all people in the world no matter where they live. Francois Bourguignon and Branko Milanovic have written insightful and timely books on global inequality ...
M. Ravallion
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Power, Property Rights, and the Dynamics of Local Wealth Appropriation
Social Science Research NetworkWe examine the dynamic connections between local wealth inequality and the local politics of property rights. A jurisdiction comprises a politically dominant in-group and a marginalized out-group. At each date, the jurisdiction exploits weaknesses in due
Dan Cao, Roger Lagunoff, Ying Xu
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Familiarity Does Not Breed Contempt: Generosity, Discrimination, and Diversity in Delhi Schools
The American Economic Review, 2019 I exploit a natural experiment in Indian schools to study how being integrated with poor students affects the social behaviors and academic outcomes of rich students.
Gautam Rao
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International Small Business JournalThis article investigates the impact that financial distress experienced by self-employed individuals has on the material deprivation faced by their children.
Damien Cassells +4 more
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Corporate Tax Cuts, Firm Growth, and Workers' Earnings
The American Economic ReviewWe study the effects of the largest corporate income tax cut in US history on firms and workers. To identify causal effects, we use employer-employee matched tax records and event studies comparing similarly sized firms in the same industry that faced ...
Patrick J. Kennedy +3 more
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“Last-Place Aversion”: Evidence and Redistributive Implications
, 2014 We present evidence from laboratory experiments showing that individuals are "last-place averse." Participants choose gambles with the potential to move them out of last place that they reject when randomly placed in other parts of the distribution.
I. Kuziemko +3 more
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Measuring Absolute Income Mobility: Lessons from North America and Europe
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsWe use linked parent–child administrative data for five countries in North America and Europe, as well as detailed survey data for two more, to investigate methodological challenges in the estimation of absolute income mobility. We show that the commonly
Robert A. Manduca +13 more
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