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Inequality, perception biases and trust. 不平等，认知偏见和信任。

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09490-x

Markus Knell, Helmut Stix

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引用次数: 4

The K-Shaped Recovery: Examining the Diverging Fortunes of Workers in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Business and Household Survey Microdata. K 型复苏：利用商业和家庭调查微观数据研究 COVID-19 大流行后复苏过程中工人的不同命运。

IF 3.6 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-08-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09506-6

Michael Dalton, Jeffrey A Groen, Mark A Loewenstein, David S Piccone, Anne E Polivka

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引用次数: 0

The Income Gradient in Mortality during the Covid-19 Crisis: Evidence from Belgium. Covid-19危机期间死亡率的收入梯度:来自比利时的证据。

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-08-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09505-7

André Decoster, Thomas Minten, Johannes Spinnewijn

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引用次数: 26

Which workers bear the burden of social distancing? 哪些工人承受着社会疏远的负担？

IF 3.6 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-08-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09487-6

Simon Mongey, Laura Pilossoph, Alexander Weinberg

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引用次数: 0

Distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks in real-time: A novel method applied to the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. 实时宏观经济冲击的分配效应:一种应用于德国COVID-19危机的新方法。

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-09-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09489-4

Kerstin Bruckmeier, Andreas Peichl, Martin Popp, Jürgen Wiemers, Timo Wollmershäuser

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引用次数: 11

Intergenerational transmission of lockdown consequences: prognosis of the longer-run persistence of COVID-19 in Latin America. 封锁后果的代际传播：拉丁美洲 COVID-19 长期持续性的预测。

IF 3.6 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-07-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09501-x

Guido Neidhöfer, Nora Lustig, Mariano Tommasi

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引用次数: 0

Correction to: The K-Shaped Recovery: Examining the Diverging Fortunes of Workers in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Business and Household Survey Microdata. 更正:“k型复苏:利用商业和家庭调查微观数据研究COVID-19大流行复苏中工人的不同命运”。

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-10-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09513-7

Michael Dalton, Jeffrey A Groen, Mark A Loewenstein, David S Piccone, Anne E Polivka

引用次数: 1

The COVID-19 resilience of a continental welfare regime - nowcasting the distributional impact of the crisis 欧洲大陆福利制度的抗疫能力——临近危机对分配的影响

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2020-12-20 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3842851

D. Sologon, C. O’Donoghue, Iryna Kyzyma, Jinjing Li, Jules Linden, R. Wagener

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引用次数: 10

How much does reducing inequality matter for global poverty? 减少不平等对全球贫困有多重要？

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-021-09510-w

Christoph Lakner, D. Mahler, M. Negre, Espen B. Prydz

引用次数: 171

Ethnic and racial disparities in saving behavior 储蓄行为的种族差异

IF 2.4 3区经济学

Journal of Economic Inequality Pub Date : 2018-10-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10888-018-9400-3

Mariela Dal Borgo

引用次数: 9