Based on the methodology developed by Bourguignon, Melendez and Ferreira (2005) we explore the extent to which income inequality in Chile is associated with inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of origin, which ...

Many scholars argue that entrepreneurship concentrates wealth not only because rich families choose entrepreneurial occupations more often but also because entrepreneurs tend to earn and save more income than workers. ...

Purpose. This study aims to determine whether there is an effect of internal and public debt on income inequality in Kenya for the period 1970–2018. Design/methodology/approach: The relationship is examined by using the ...

The main objective of this empirical dissertation is to understand the effects of comparison income on individual well-being. In order to do this, elements of the value function of prospect theory (Kahneman and Tverky, ), ...

Our work is based on a heterogenous agent shopping-time economy in which economic agents present distinct productivities in the production of the consumption good, and differentiated access to transacting assets. The purpose ...

We apply a variation of Bourguignon, Melendez and Ferreira (2005) methodology to examine the extent to which income inequality is associated with the inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of origin that determine ...

Despite the large number of studies, mostly in developed economies, there is limited consensus on the health effects of inequality. Recently a related literature has examined the relationship between relative deprivation ...

Despite the large number of studies, mostly in developed economies, there is limited consensus on the health effects of inequality. Recently a related literature has examined the relationship between relative deprivation ...