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La lutte contre les inegalites (A Fight Against Inequalities) 反对不平等的斗争

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-09-27 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2844435

M. Laskowska

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Five Myths About Economic Inequality in America 关于美国经济不平等的五大误区

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-09-07 DOI: 10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-9985-2016009

M. Tanner

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引用次数: 2

Testing Piketty's Hypothesis on the Drivers of Income Inequality: Evidence from Panel VARs with Heterogeneous Dynamics 检验皮凯蒂关于收入不平等驱动因素的假设:来自异质性动态面板var的证据

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-08-01 DOI: 10.5089/9781475523249.001

Carlos Góes

引用次数: 25

Income Distribution and Aggregate Saving: A Non-Monotonic Relationship 收入分配与总储蓄:一种非单调关系

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12376

P. Bofinger, Philipp Scheuermeyer

引用次数: 7

Construction of a Consumption Aggregate Based on Information from POF 2008‐2009 and Its Use in the Measurement of Welfare, Poverty, Inequality and Vulnerability of Families 基于2008 - 2009年POF信息的消费总量构建及其在家庭福利、贫困、不平等和脆弱性测度中的应用

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12234

L. Oliveira, Debora F. De Souza, Luciana A. Dos Santos, Marta Antunes, Nícia C. H. Brendolin, Viviane C. C. Quintaes

引用次数: 4

Why Work 为什么工作

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-07-19 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2811954

G. Little

引用次数: 0

New Evidence on Trust and Well-Being 信任与幸福的新证据

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780190274801.013.9

J. Helliwell, Haifang Huang, Shun Wang

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引用次数: 86

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.3386/w22462

M. Weinzierl

引用次数: 9

Understanding the cost and benefits of a developing economy 了解发展中经济体的成本和收益

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-06-15 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3510475

Yomi Olalere

引用次数: 0

People, Not Ratios: Why the Debate Over Income Inequality Asks the Wrong Questions 人，而不是比率:为什么关于收入不平等的争论提出了错误的问题

ERN: Equity Pub Date : 2016-05-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2788802

Ryan Young, I. Murray

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