| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP2419
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| DP2419 Female Labour Supply, Flexibility Of Working Hours, And Job Mobility |
| Rob Euwals
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| 发表日期 | 2000-04-28
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| 出版年 | 2000
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | This paper investigates the determinants of group membership, and in particular the effect of income inequality on individual incentives to join economic groups. Drawing on a simple model, we show that an increase in inequality has an ambiguous effect and that the type of access rule (open versus restricted access) is key in determining what income categories are represented in the group. Furthermore, the shape of the income distribution can be crucial to determine whether increased inequality leads to more or less group participation. Using survey data from rural Tanzania we find that inequality at the village level has a negative impact on the likelihood that the respondents are members of any group. This effect is particularly significant for relatively wealthier people, both when relative wealth is 'objectively' measured, and when it is 'subjectively' defined. However, when we disaggregate groups by type of access rule, we find that inequality decreases participation in open access groups when there are wide disparities at the bottom of the distribution, while it increases participation in restricted access groups when the disparities are around the middle and top part of the distribution. Finally, we assess the impact of inequality on various dimensions of group functioning. |
| 主题 | Public Economics
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| 关键词 | Groups and markets
Inequality
Participation
Social capital
Tanzania
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp2419
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/531503
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Rob Euwals. DP2419 Female Labour Supply, Flexibility Of Working Hours, And Job Mobility. 2000.
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