wealth inequality,responsible for around 70 percent of total wealth inequality,and its contribution has been increasing over time.Our research efforts have focused on the housing wealth disparity,exploring its composition from alternative perspectives.The results show that housing wealth inequality has also...
The Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of wealth or income distribution. It is used to calculate the Gini coefficient, a measurement of wealth inequality. more Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Role and Responsibilities The St. Louis Fed is one of the two Federal Reserve banks in Mis...
Trust, Welfare States and Income Equality: What Causes What? The cross-country correlation between social trust and income equality is well documented, but few studies examine the direction of causality. We show theo... A Bergh,C Bjørnskov - 《Working Paper》 被引量: 42发表: 2013年 Health...
Fortunately, however, recessions are a rare enough event that we haven’t had enough of them to draw definitive conclusions. As one Federal Reserve researcher has noted, “It’s hard to predict recessions. We haven’t had many, and we don’t fully understand the causes of the ones we’ve...
This disease causes death due to bacteria in the water. Here the Haitians do not have the basic services and security that a government is supposed to provide and the inequality of wealth between the corrupt government and its people is criminal. The people do not have a chance to find re...
Detecting spatial carbon inequality is critical to achieving regional emission reduction targets from the perspectives of ensuring equality and efficiency. While previous studies have measured spatial carbon inequality and identified its drivers, few studies have explored these drivers at a sectorial level....
Income inequality is an uneven distribution of wealth in a defined geographic area. There are many causes of income inequality...
He ultimately discovers the true value of integrity and the futility of wealth without character. 4 Loyalty Loyalty is one of the forces that keeps friendships intact, families in power, and the status quo in place. In a story with loyalty as one of its themes, the author might explore ...
The causes underlying market failures include negative externalities, incomplete information, concentrated market power, inefficiencies in production and allocation, and inequality. Government intervention such as taxes and subsidies may be effective in solving market failures, while other solutions may emerge...
Because of the self-reinforcing cycle of wealth, access to political power, and the impact of public policy on the economic relations of society, plutocracy is a rather common form of government, even where the nominal model of governance is democratic....