marginal propensity to consume (mpc) in income groups has a great importance in macroeconomic policy making. but due to some restrictions, such as lack of direct data for income and consumption groups in iran's statistical yearbooks, estimation of mpc for income groups has not been done yet. the purpose of this study is to estimate the mpc for income groups by using the relative permanent incom...

A growth model is used in the context of Sala-i-Martin’s definition of conditional convergence to assess the household income dynamics in segmented groups at the provincial level in the Philippines. There is a direct relationship between spending efficiency and income growth convergence across income groups. The lower income convergence rate among low income households can be attributed to thei...

The paper analyzes the relation between growth and income inequality in the US during the post-war years (1953–2008). We show that the income of the top income groups is more sensitive to growth, defined broadly as current growth and changes in expectations of future growth, compared to the income of the lower income groups. We provide evidence that this increased sensitivity arises for two rea...

Cultural competence advances global healthcare by promoting greater understanding of individual patients, combined interventions, and maximum adherence. However, the healthcare professional’s culture and the culture of medicine itself must also be considered. In westernized medicine, especially America, improved technology and therapeutics profoundly impact medical culture; but medical economic...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of self-reported low vision (LV) and blindness, and their associated disabilities, handicaps and socio-economic consequences for individuals living in institutions are poorly documented. METHODS 2,075 institutions were selected at random and eight individuals were picked at random from the list of residents. Three groups of individuals were defined: blind, LV, and a ...

Purpose Prior literature shows that income shifting is widely performed by multinational groups, but no research as yet has studied alignment between controlling and minority interests on tax avoidance in groups with high ownership concentration. This study aims to analyze the effect of concentration cross-jurisdictional tax-motivated shifting. Design/methodology/approach To test hypotheses, th...