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Faculty of Economics

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Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbean


Title AuthorsYearJEL Codes
Why the Rich Stay Rich. On dysfunctional institutions’ “ability to persist” (no matter what)Palma, J. G.[2020]D31 E12 E22 E24 N16 N36 O50 P16
Why is inequality so unequal across the world? Part 1. The diversity of inequality in disposable income: multiplicity of fundamentals, or complex interactions between political settlements and market failures?Palma, J. G.[2019]D31 E11 E22 E24 E25 I32 J31 N16 N30 N36 O50 P16
Why is inequality so unequal across the world? Part 2 The diversity of inequality in market income ─ and the increasing asymmetry between the distribution of income before and after taxes and transferencesPalma, J. G.[2019]D31 E11 E22 E24 E25 I32 J31 N16 N30 N36 O50 P16
Do nations just get the inequality they deserve? The 'Palma Ratio' re-examinedPalma, J. G.[2016]D31 E11 E22 E24 E25 I32 J31 N16 N30 N36 O50 P16
Has the income share of the middle and upper-middle been stable over time, or is its current homogeneity across the world the outcome of a process of convergence? The 'Palma Ratio' revisited Palma, J. G.[2014]D31 E11 E22 E24 E25 I32 J31 N16 N30 N36 O50 P16
Latin America's social imagination since 1950. From one type of 'absolute certainties' to another - with no (far more creative)'uncomfortable uncertainties' in sight,Palma, J. G.[2014]B5 D3 E2 F13 F59 J20 L520 N16 N36 O16 O4 P5
Was Brazil's recent growth acceleration the world's most overrated boom?Palma, J. G.[2012]B52 D31 E20 F13 F59 H54 J20 L50 N16 N36 O16 O40 P50

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