Inequality after the 20th Century
Papers from the Sixth ECINEQ Meeting
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Introduction Reference groups and the poverty line: an axiomatic approach with an empirical illustration - Satya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, Joseph Deutsch, Zoya Nissanov and Jacques Silber The Vulnerable Are Not (Necessarily) The Poor - Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Effects Of Reducing Inequality In Household Education, Health And Access To Credit On Pro-Poor Growth: Evidence From Cameroon - Boniface Ngah Epo and Francis Menjo Baye Labor Market Policies, Informal Labor Markets, And Wage Dispersion - Claudia Trentini The Formal/Informal Employment Earnings Gap: Evidence From Turkey - Aysit Tansel and Elif Oznur Acar The Role Of Minimum Wage And Income Transfer Policies On The Labour Market: The Case Of Argentina - Fernando Groisman Performance And Inequality In Health: A Comparison Of Child And Maternal Health Across Asia - Bénédicte H. Apouey and Jacques Silber Parental Incarceration And Social Exclusion: Long-Term Implications For The Health And Well-Being Of Vulnerable Children In The United States - Rosalyn D. Lee, Xiangming Fang and Feijun Luo Can a concern for status reconcile diverse social welfare programs? - Oded Stark and Marcin Jakubek How Individuals' Perceptions Of Inequality May Affect Their Perceptions Of Corruption: A Challenge To New Democracies - Matthew Loveless Tax Evasion And Underground Inequality: A Parametric Analysis - Roberto Fantozzi Macroeconomic Determinants Of Inequality Of Opportunity In The United States: 1970 2009 - Gustavo A. Marrero and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez Occupational Choice And Earnings Mobility In The Work Life Empirical Evidence From Europe And The United States - Veronika V. Eberharter Relative Income Distribution In Six European Countries - Ilaria Petrarca and Roberto Ricciuti
Editors Bishop and Rodriguez present readers with a collection of papers selected from research presented at the sixth ECINEQ meeting, held in Luxembourg in 2015. The selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to reference groups and the poverty line; the vulnerable and the poor; the effects of reducing inequality in household education, health, and access to credit on pro-poor growth, and other related subjects. John A. Bishop is a faculty member of East Carolina University in North Carolina. Juan Gabriel Rodriguez is a faculty member of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain.