2. MEASURING CO-MOVEMENTS OF INCOME IN BRAZIL AND THE ROLE OF MACROECONOMICS In this paper we investigate the dynamics of income inequality among Brazilian states by applying the Bayesian Dynamic Factor Model described in (OTROK; WHITEMAN, 1998) and (KOSE; OTROK; WHITEMAN, 2003) to Gini indexes over the 1976-2014 period. Our results indicate that the common factor accounts for 48 percent of the Gini index co-movements; the richest states are more exposed. We found that macroeconomic stability is
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people in the society. The article, “Income Inequality: Too big to Ignore” by Robert H. Frank write about how the country continuously uneven income levels have affected Americans. According to Frank “three decades after world war 2, income in the United State rose rapidly at about the same rate for people at all income levels” (1). The point Frank was trying to get at is that, the gap between the higher and lower classes were more even before compare to now. “Income growth is concentrated at the top
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Economic Modelling 28 (2011) 1348–1353 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Economic Modelling j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / e c m o d Foreign direct investment and China's regional income inequality☆ Kang Yu a, Xian Xin b,c, Ping Guo a, Xiaoyun Liu d,⁎ a School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Forestry University, Zhejiang, 311300, PR China Center for Rural Development Policy, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, PR
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE COURSE TITLE Public finance COURSE CODE: 3105 COURSE TITLE Public finance COURSE CODE: 3105 AN ASSIGNMENT ON EFFECTS OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AN ASSIGNMENT ON EFFECTS OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME SUBMITTED TO: Ayesha Akhter Lecturer DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY Ayesha Akhter Lecturer DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES JAGANNATH
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SECTOR DEVELOPMENT INCREASE INCOME INEQUALITY? SOME ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH Abu N.M. Wahid Tennessee State University Muhammad Shahbaz COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Mehmood Shah University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Mohammad Salahuddin Southeast University Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh ABSTRACT This paper is an attempt to examine the relationship between financial development and income inequality. In doing so, we have used
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the Health and Nutrition of Children in Low/Middle Income Countries: Discussion Summary Antonio Taylor Stratford University HCA 505: Global Health Professor Ostrander January 27, 2016 Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Health and Nutrition of Children in Low/Middle income Countries: Discussion Summary Introduction Child malnutrition remains one of the world’s most fundamental challenges for improved human development. Because the time and capacities of caregivers
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Draft An End in Itself and a Means to Good Ends: Draft Why Income Equality is Important Arthur MacEwan[1] March 2009 “The social system is not an unchangeable order beyond human control but a pattern of human action.”—John Rawls (1971, p. 102) In recent years “poverty reduction” has become the watchword in development agencies, in international lending institutions, and among development economists generally. The focus on poverty reduction reached a
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Eco. 251 Whenever you are dealing with the economic (the study of how people select to use resources) you can also include the shift in demands for resources, productivity, and income inequality. I will attempt to give a good definition and elaborate on demand for resources, productivity, and income inequality. Shift in demand for resources is when there is a change in something that is needed. When there is a need for a product or service, it will create a shift in demand for that product
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effectively represents and explains the truth behind the american dream, and why people feel that way. Many liberals believe that the dream is dead because the income gap known as “income inequality” but despite the fact that liberals have that belief, income inequality actually helps people acquire the “American Dream”. Income inequality acts as a motivation for the less fortunate, or even a wake up call. So this gap is what help humans gain this area of success in life known as “The American Dream”
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Title Lecturer’s Name Date of submission Income Inequality Introduction The problem of an increase in household income inequality has been a major talk point in political discussion and public policy. According to Winston Churchill, inequality is unavoidable especially in capitalist societies. However, President Barrack Obama views inequality as not only a major problem but as a defining problem of this generation. It cannot be disputed that income inequality in the United States has been rising over
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