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This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
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"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of individual extraction decisions and payoffs we conjecture that subjects will imitate the most successful players’ strategy as long as their payoffs increase. We derive a stable...
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reducing inequality. Educated workers in these countries have a much lower birth rate than uneducated workers. Assuming … incorporating this effect generates multiple stedy-state levels of inequality, suggesting that in some circumstances, temporarily … increasing access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the …
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A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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The objective of this study was to examine if intra-racial income inequality contributes to higher infant mortality … environment interpretation of the income inequality and health link. The hypotheses examined were that race …/ethnicity-specific IMRs are influenced by intra-race/ethnicity income inequality, and that these effects of income inequality on health are …
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investigate a) the distribution of income among farm households, b) the sources that contribute to income inequality, and c) the … role of farm program payments in equalizing income. Results show a high but declining income inequality between 1996 and … 2001. Among the income components that contributed the most to income inequality was an income component labeled Income …
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Participation in government programs has a mild impact on the economic well-being of U.S. farm households. Major factors that determine farm household prosperity are the primary operator's education level and ethnicity, education level of the spouse, and other characteristics such as forward...
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Este artículo aborda la siguiente pregunta: ¿cuál habría sido el PIB per cápita del área del euro si no se hubiese creado la unión monetaria? Para intentar contestarla, utilizamos la metodología de control sintético [Abadie y Gardeázabal (2003) y Abadie et al. (2010)]. Nuestros...
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This paper investigates whether information costs under currently regulated nutritional labeling prevent consumers from making healthier food choices. We implement five nutritional shelf label treatmentsin a market-level experiment. These labels reduce information costs by highlighting and...
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Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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