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How is Central Bank Independence Sha** Income Inequality in Develo** Countries?
Amid growing global concern over increasing income inequality, the role of monetary policy and the central bank have come under increased scrutiny....
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How manufacturing and service industries affect regional inequality? Evidence from China
By integrating the literature on urban specialization and externalities, this paper proposes that the industrial sector is likely to reduce regional...
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Globalization and spatial inequality: Does economic integration affect regional disparities?
This article examines the link between economic globalization and spatial inequality in a panel of 142 countries over the period 1992–2012. Our...
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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to...
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Personal income tax, redistribution and income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
We assess the roles of personal income tax and fiscal redistribution in income inequality for 30 Sub-Saharan Africa economies from 1980 to 2020,...
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The Role of R&D Intensity and Education in a Model of Inequality, Growth and Risk of Poverty: Evidence from Europe
Reducing inequality and risk of poverty has become a global challenge for sustainable development and improving quality of life because economic...
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Structural Inequality Origins and Quests for Solutions in Old Worlds and New
Inequality stirs passions across the globe today, figures prominently in political discourse, generates fervid debate and popular protest, and is the...
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Pollution control, worker productivity, and wage inequality
Poor environmental quality can reduce worker productivity, but how this effect is associated with skilled-unskilled wage inequality is still unclear....
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Research on the Factors Affecting Inequality – Evidence from China
Income inequality in China is a prominent issue, especially in the regional area. Infrastructure development has been used as an important tool to...
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Fiscal decentralization and income inequality in OECD countries: does shadow economy matter?
The impacts of fiscal decentralization on income inequality have been debated, especially they can depend on fiscal tools and other factors. This...
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Impact of Informational and Cultural Globalization, R&D, and Urbanization on Inequality
One of the most serious problems facing modern society is income inequality. The richest 10% of the world’s population currently takes home 52% of...
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Income Inequality: An Indicator of Declining Growth
Income inequality is used as an important indicator in economic approaches as they exist today, they are dysfunctional. This chapter isolates the...
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Systemic Financial Crises and Income Inequality in OECD Countries
We offer theory and evidence that supports the view that systemic financial crises impact income inequality negatively in richer countries, where...
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Inequality and Social Distancing during the Pandemic
We study how pre-pandemic inequalities in the United States influenced social distancing over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Richer counties...
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Bibliometric review of research on economic complexity: current trends, developments, and future research directions
The growing literature on the issues of economic complexity makes it challenging to achieve a comprehensive multidimensional picture of the current...
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Human capital, self-esteem, and income inequality
We introduce into a human-capital based growth framework utility from self-esteem, driven by academic achievements. Self-esteem, through its effect...
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Information technology, market congestion, and economic geography
I investigate the impact of economic integration, in terms of trade costs and information technology, on the interregional location patterns of...
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Measuring income inequality in social networks
We present a new index for measuring income inequality in networks. The index is based on income comparisons made by the members of a network who are...
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Global income inequality and measuring values with the world values survey
Over the past 30 years, nearly all countries around the world have experienced significant increase in economic freedom and globalization. Against...
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Linkages between different types of globalization and socio-economic variables: panel data analysis for 129 countries
Present study explores the linkages between three categories of globalization to socio-economic indicators, which include poverty, inequality,...