Global effects of income and income inequality on adult height and sexual dimorphism in height
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22980
Abstract: Average adult height of a population is considered a biomarker of the quality of the health environment and economic conditions. The causal relationships between height and income inequality are not well understood. We analyze data… read more here.
Keywords: adult height; income income; income; income inequality ... See more keywords
Income Inequality and Economic Growth Revisited. A Note
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3300
Abstract: The relationship between income inequality and economic growth is estimated using dynamic panel estimation on a sample covering 112 emerging countries for the period 1980–2014. The results show that income inequality has a positive influence… read more here.
Keywords: economic growth; inequality economic; income inequality;
Income inequality and housing prices in the very long‐run
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12520
Abstract: We examine the relationship between income inequality and house prices for a panel of 17 OECD countries over the period 1870 to 2015. Our identification strategy takes advantage of exogenous variation in culturally weighted communist… read more here.
Keywords: house prices; income inequality; housing prices; income ... See more keywords
Does income inequality affect aggregate consumption? Revisiting the evidence
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1302-x
Abstract: The standard Keynesian view predicts that equalization of the income distribution leads to an increase in aggregate consumption. We revisit the analysis carried out by the seminal empirical contributions which test such a hypothesis using… read more here.
Keywords: aggregate consumption; income; income inequality; evidence ... See more keywords
Income inequality, financial flows and political institution: sub-Saharan African financial network
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-019-01634-3
Abstract: Using firm-level loan contracts, we generate aggregate measures of financial connections and examine how these indices relate to income inequality in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The results reveal that more connectedness is not beneficial for… read more here.
Keywords: income inequality; saharan african; sub saharan; income ... See more keywords
Carbon emissions, income inequality and economic development
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-019-01664-x
Abstract: This paper investigates whether changes in income inequality affect carbon dioxide ($$\mathrm{CO}_2$$CO2) emissions in OECD countries. We examine the relationship between economic growth and $$\mathrm{CO}_2$$CO2 emissions by considering the role of income inequality in carbon… read more here.
Keywords: inequality; carbon emissions; mathrm co2; income ... See more keywords
Financial liberalization, political institutions, and income inequality
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-019-01808-z
Abstract: Rising income inequality coinciding with financial liberalization has stimulated extensive studies on the possible links between income inequality and different forms of financial liberalization, both inputs and outputs, since the 1990s. Nonetheless, empirical investigations remain… read more here.
Keywords: liberalization political; financial liberalization; income; income inequality ... See more keywords
Long-term determinants of income inequality: evidence from panel data over 1870–2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-020-01956-7
Abstract: We investigate the major factors which drive income inequality in the OECD countries, using long panel data which span the period from 1870 to 2016. We consider two measures of inequality: the Gini coefficient and… read more here.
Keywords: panel data; 1870 2016; income; income inequality ... See more keywords
Livestock production and income inequality in rural Vietnam
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02022-6
Abstract: We examine the factors affecting livestock production by using a two-part fixed effects model and assess the contribution of livestock production in reducing income inequality by using the Gini decomposition method. We use panel household… read more here.
Keywords: income inequality; livestock production; livestock income; income ... See more keywords
Changes in the women’s labor market and education and their impacts on marriage and inequality: evidence from Brazil
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02076-6
Abstract: From 1992 to 2014, Brazil experienced a decline in income inequality along with a significant increase in schooling level, though the latter was more pronounced among women. Brazil also experienced a decline in returns to… read more here.
Keywords: inequality; labor market; brazil; income ... See more keywords
Income Inequality, Life Satisfaction Inequality and Trust: A Cross Country Panel Analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s10902-018-0021-0
Abstract: Literature has argued that income inequality crowds out trust. However, whether income inequality makes people less trusting depends on how they perceive income inequality within their personal social context and social cognition. In this paper… read more here.
Keywords: life satisfaction; trust; inequality; income inequality ... See more keywords