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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"wealth distribution"”.
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The politics of wealth distribution in post-Soeharto Indonesia: political power, corruption and institutional change
… examines the processes through which the redistribution of political and economic power is taking place in post-Soeharto Indonesia. In order to do this, patterns of `grand' corruption between the business community and the state are explored in three sites: the allocation of government …
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Inference in linear panel data models with serial correlation and an essay on the impact of 401 (k) participation on the wealth distribution
… examines the impact of 401(k) participation on wealth. The first chapter examines generalized least squares (GLS) estimation in data with a grouped structure where the groups may be autocorrelated. The analysis presents computationally convenient methods for obtaining GLS estimates in large …
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PREDICTING POLICY: EXAMINING PERCEPTIONS OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, COLOR-EVASIVE RACIAL ATTITUDES, AND BELIEFS ABOUT CAPITALISM
… racial attitudes, and perceptions about wealth distribution predict redistributive economic policy preferences. I hypothesized that beliefs about capitalism, perceptions of wealth distribution, and color-evasiveness predict policy preferences when controlling for Satisfaction With Life …
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Il contratto di assicurazione sulla vita a favore di terzo: alternativa al testamento?
… contract is a well-fitted instrument to ensure wealth transmission as an alternative to last will and testament. The possibility to state or revoke the beneficiary indication by will and its effectiveness since the death of the insured, gives the opportunity to avoid the ban of succession …
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Determinants of wealth in South Africa
… paper investigates the determinants of household wealth in South Africa, using the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Wave 2. In particular, we look at the effect s of the wealth-age profile and other household demographic variables. The hump-shaped profile of the wealth and age relationship …
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Three Miles Apart ... and Beyond: School Inequalities in Dublin 15
… the two schools illustrate the heterogeneity of wealth distribution within the district: Oaktree College is located within a middle-class neighbourhood, and Newtown School located in a disadvantaged and much poorer neighbourhood.
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Is there a place for the public interest considerations in the competition legislation of a developing country like South Africa - generally, and specifically with respect to merger evaluation : an economic and legal analysis
… enhances the stated economic goals of income and wealth distribution with the overarching goal of realising economic growth and development.
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Jünger Can't Borrow: Demographic Imbalances and Currency Risk Premia
… to study the relationship between the global wealth distribution and currency risk premia. Relatively wealthy countries in the model have low currency risk premia because their bonds insure wealthy households against increases in the price of their own consumption basket. I discuss how the …
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Personal wealth in South Africa: Facts about its distribution and the forces behind its redistribution
… there is great pressure on them to redistribute wealth in favor of their supporters, the poor. This thesis consists of three essays. The first estimates the distribution of personal wealth in South Africa according to the estate multiplier method. It is found that the distribution is skewed, but …
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Abertura externa e liberalização financeira: impactos sobre crescimento e distribuição no Brasil dos anos 90
… the country's economic growth and income distribution. More specifically, it will be discussed how trade and financial liberalization caused an increasing financial fragility and economic vulnerability in Brazil, posing an external constraint to economic growth during the last decade and …
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Documenting gay identity through the cinematic lens an investigation of representations of South African gay identities through film
… history; with factors such as race, class, wealth distribution, policy, legislation and conditions of production etc. playing an active role in shaping this history. Sexuality is another facet, in very subtle terms, which has contributed, influenced and scripted the historical make up and …
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Investigation into spatial variations in the production of market sector housing in England
… the market and causing further disparity in wealth distribution. This thesis investigates spatial variations in market sector production between 1995 and 2002. In particular it will focus on the supply of new housing for owner occupation, as this is the dominant housing tenure in England. The …
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Enterprise society : a study of Harbin Measuring & Cutting Tool Works
… economy, public ownership of property and equal wealth distribution. Workers are the owners of the factory and the factory is the home of workers. It was the primary form of China's residential settlements built after 1949. After about 40 years of practice, these settlements have shown many …
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Sustainable development or just plain development? An analysis of sustainability indicators for Chattanooga, Tennessee
… and air quality, environmental justice, wealth distribution, and leadership.
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Poverty in the fisheries : a framework for analysis and intervention for Lake Victoria, Uganda
… to the need by identifying the nature and distribution of the poverty within the fisheries of Lake Victoria, Uganda, the factors responsible for it and the options for poverty reduction intervention.The thesis examined the global and regional perspectives of poverty and wealth distribution, …
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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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Achieving Public Long-Term Care Insurance Through Social Security Wealth: Microsimulation for the US Case
… insurance could be bought off Social Security wealth at age 65. Buyers with enough accumulated Social Security wealth at 65 would agree to receive lower Social Security retirement benefits for the remainder of their life, in exchange for a supplemental annuity in the event of LTC needs. Through …
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An exploration of the determinants of South Africa’s personal savings rate - Why do South African households save so little?
… addition, governmental policies with regard to wealth distribution and welfare payments contribute to the creation of a culture of dependence and a reduction in household savings. The outcome of the study has various policy implications, including the proposals that government should be engaged …
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The impact of household poverty trap on learners’ academic performance in Nongoma secondary schools in the Zululand district
… rural development policies, income and wealth distribution policies to close the gap between rich and poor, feeding in every school, particularly in rural schools and adequate learning aid for the provision of laboratories, computers and teaching pedagogy in rural schools. The study …
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Towards a theory of the configuration and management of export-dependent land-based value systems: The case of New Zealand
… processes relating to the generation of wealth and its subsequent distribution. Phenomena observed through case research were reduced into concepts, and the relationships between concepts identified. Concepts and relationships were then presented as an emergent theory in the form of a …
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