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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Wealth Inequality"”.
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The effect of economic growth volatility on income and wealth inequality in South Africa
… effect of economic growth volatility on income inequality and wealth inequality in South Africa, and to determine whether this effect is more significant for income inequality or wealth inequality. The results show that economic growth volatility leads to long-term increases in both income …
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(Mis)perceptions of Racial Wealth Inequality: The Role of Colorblind Racism and Implications for Public Policy
… largest racial disparities is the Black-White wealth gap, in which Black households hold 13% of the wealth of White households. Previous research demonstrates that White Americans tend to consistently underestimate this wealth gap. Across two main studies and a pilot study, I explored …
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Rural Income and Wealth Inequality in China: A Study of Anhui and Sichuan Provinces, 1994-1995
… system with very low levels of income and wealth inequality. With the deepening of the rural reform and the development of rural industry, a large number of people were lifted out of poverty. However, as the people's living standards are rising, disparities in income and wealth are also …
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Essays in Modern Macroeconomics
… The Impact of Large-Scale Asset Purchases on Wealth Inequality examines the relationship between monetary policy and household wealth inequality through changes in the size and composition of the central bank’s balance sheet. I focus on the impact on household wealth inequality through the …
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Essays on financial markets, inequality and economic development
In Chapter 1, I study the effects of wealth inequality on economies where financial markets are imperfect. I exploit the idea that inequality should have a different effect across sectors. Using a difference-in-difference strategy, I show that sectors that are more in need of external finance are …
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ESSAYS ON THE REAL EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL FRICTIONS
… by railroads in the 19th century US increased wealth inequality. Using the universe of household-level wealth holdings data from 1850 to 1870, this essay shows that the increase in county market access facilitated by the expanding railroad network led to an increase in county-level wealth …
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The Operation was Successful but the Patient Died: The Politics of Crisis and Homelessness in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… policymakers attempting to combat poverty and wealth inequality.</p>
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THE EMERGENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY FIRM: AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF INEQUALITY
… how organizational structures that shape social inequality emerge, diffuse, and persist over time. More specifically, in three distinct papers, I examine the institutionalization of stock-based compensation practices in the contemporary global economy and the implications of these practices for …
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Essays on institutions and economic development
… In Chapter 1, I examine the relationship between wealth inequality and institutions. I present a model of regulated entry where entrepreneurs form coalitions of potentially varying size to bribe the regulator. The prevalence of capture is thus determined by the distribution of wealth. In a dynamic …
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Three Essays in Economic Inequality
… and empirical analysis of fast-growing inequality over recent decades, and the last chapter examines the employment effect of raising the minimum wage, a policy commonly used to support low-wage workers to mitigate increasing inequality. The first chapter investigates why the upsurge of …
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Multi-faceted measurements of job access inequity for transit-based workers
… hand, it proposes a new approach that employs a wealth inequality index called the Palma ratio for measuring the distribution inequity of transit-based job accessibility between the richest and poorest populations. The results from this dissertation can help improve the accuracy of job access …
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Essays on inequality, redistribution and wealth-based politics
… is a contribution to the theory and empirics of inequality, redistribution and growth. It is divided in three chapters. Two of them study theoretical models of inequality, wealth-based politics and redistribution. The third chapter is an empirical contribution to the literature on growth and the …
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Essays on the Political Economy of Inequality, Wealth, and Money
… those at the top and those at the bottom of the wealth distribution in Western market economies is a worrying development as it hampers equality of opportunity and distorts democratic representation. This dissertation improves our understanding of both the causes and consequences of increasing …
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Three Essays on Sustainable Economic Development: Experimental and Empirical Evidence from Financial Markets, the Gambling Industry, and Entrepreneurship
… stock market participation and reduce investor wealth inequality. Using a controlled laboratory experiment with a 2 × 2 design, the study shows that commitment mechanisms and narrow framing increase equity investment while reducing wealth dispersion, without compromising overall returns. These …
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Madmen and mad money: psychological disability and economics in medieval and early modern literature
… such as rising poverty, price fluctuations, wealth inequality, and evolving inheritance systems. This exacerbates a prevailing belief that the psychologically disabled are undeserving of respect and care, or even that they are less than human. My goal in this dissertation is to document …
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A theory and outcome evaluation of the South African Allan Gray Orbis Foundation (AGOF) scholarship programme from 2018 to 2023
… including poverty, high youth unemployment, wealth inequality, limited access to quality education, and intergenerational poverty cycles. These programmes aim to develop entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets among young people so that they can become agents of social transformation and …
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Rabid and Other Stories
… short prose set in small-town Missouri exploring wealth inequality, family relationships, and toxic masculinity through the lens of rural America. The characters in these thirteen stories navigate a patriarchal society, personal trauma, and economic instability. But more than any other theme, …
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From Partisan Banking to Open Access - A Study on the Emergence of Free Banking in Early Nineteenth Century Massachusetts
… chapter collects data on private accumulation of wealth from Boston tax rolls and data on bank balance sheets to show that bankers were always richer than other wealthy citizens in the 1830s and 1840s, but their relative wealth inequality remained stable. New banks chartered in the 1840s and 1850s …
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Multiple taxes levied on deceased estates:A comparison of the determination of the value and the taxation of limited interests for estate duty,capital gains tax and value-added tax
South Africa has one of the highest wealth inequality rates in the world, and there is a dire need for practical methods of redistribution of wealth in South Africa (SA). For this reason, the need for wealth tax in SA is undeniable however the multiple taxes imposed on deceased estates have …
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Pathways to Sustainable Housing
… consumer debt and budget deficit are climbing; wealth inequality is at an all-time high. Still, 89% of the energy consumed in the United States comes from non-renewable sources. Amid this challenging time, the question this work tries to answer is how can we protect our climate and environment …
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