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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Is ‘the paradox of redistribution’ dead?
It has all the makings of a great academic fist-fight.* In a classic 1998 article, Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme wrote a hugely influential article called ‘the paradox of redistribution,’ which argued that a targeted benefit system ended up achieving … Continue reading
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Tagged cross-national research, disparities, income dispersion, measurement, welfare payments
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Truth as a disadvantage
If you’re reading this blog, you’re likely to be someone who’s interested in ‘truth’ – finding out the evidence on inequalities, and using this as a platform for action. You might have protested about the way that politicians and the … Continue reading
Who Gets Health Care Priority? Resource Allocation in a Middle Income Country
Adriane Gelpi, a doctoral candidate in Health Policy at Harvard and a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, describes the intricate ethics and politics of health care resource allocation in Chile. This was originally posted on the … Continue reading
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Tagged ethics, health, priority setting, public health, resource allocation
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Should media representation of women be a feminist priority?
This week the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 for short) was held in Los Angeles. This is an event the makers of computer games hold ever year to show off their wares; and every year sparks the same debate about the … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, gender discrimination, gender pay gap, media representation, sexism, video games, women
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Has Income Inequality Really Ballooned Since the 1970s?
One of the most influential lines of research on income inequality come from Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez’s study of income tax records in the United States and elsewhere. Summarizing this work in Slate, Timothy Noah states: “The share of … Continue reading
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Tagged health insurance, income, income dispersion, investment, measurement
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Thatcherism, Spirituality and Public Policy
In a guest post that takes a more reflective look than our typical, more empirically-minded writing, Owen Davis mulls over a relatively neglected side of Thatcher’s legacy. News of Margaret Thatcher’s death was received with a mixture of grief, relief … Continue reading
The plight of poorly-educated US women: Trickle down isn’t happening
I have a post on The Incidental Economist documenting the decades-long and continuing decline in life expectancy among poorly-educated white women in the US. The figure below (from J. Olshansky and colleagues) shows the sharp decline in life expectancy among … Continue reading
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