Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Ethics --- Mechanism (Philosophy) --- Wolff, Christian,

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Hume's Naturalism provides a clear and concise guide to the debates over whether Hume's empiricism or his 'naturalism' in the tradition of the Scottish 'Common Sense' school of philosophy gained his upper hand. This debate is central to any understanding of Hume's thought. H.O. Mounce presents a beautifully clear guide to Hume's most important works, The Treatise on Human Nature and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Accessible to anyone coming to Hume for the first time, Hume's Naturalism affords a much needed overview of the key concepts of empiricism,

Naturalism. --- Materialism --- Mechanism (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Positivism --- Science --- Hume, David, --- Contributions in naturalism.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

History of philosophy --- Hume, David --- Filosofisch naturalisme --- Naturalism --- Naturalism (Philosophy) --- Naturalism [Philosophical ] --- Naturalisme --- Naturalisme (Filosofie) --- Naturalisme (Philosophie) --- Naturalisme [Filosofisch ] --- Naturalisme philosophique --- Philosophical naturalism --- Naturalism. --- Contributions in naturalism --- Hume, David, --- Materialism --- Mechanism (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Positivism --- Science

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Genetics --- Biochemistry --- Chemistry --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Biology --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Molecular Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- 577.21 --- 575 --- #TELE:SISTA --- #WDIR:wbse --- Molecular mechanism of coding, storage and realization of inheritance information. Molecular genetics. Molecular biology of the gene --- General genetics. General cytogenetics. Immunogenetics. Evolution. Speciation. Phylogeny --- Molecular genetics. --- 575 General genetics. General cytogenetics. Immunogenetics. Evolution. Speciation. Phylogeny --- 577.21 Molecular mechanism of coding, storage and realization of inheritance information. Molecular genetics. Molecular biology of the gene --- genetica --- moleculaire biologie --- Molecular biology --- Genetic Structures --- Genetics. --- Biochemistry. --- Chemistry. --- Biological Science Disciplines. --- Biology. --- Natural Science Disciplines. --- Molecular Biology.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

December 1999 - The data strongly support the hypothesis that countries with more unequal distribution of factor income redistribute more in favor of the poor - even when the analysis controls for older people's share in total population (that is, for pension transfers). But the evidence on the median voter hypothesis is inconclusive even if middle-income groups gain more (or lose less) through redistribution in countries where initial (factor) income distribution is more unequal. The median voter hypothesis is important to endogenous growth theories because it provides the political mechanism through which voters in more unequal countries redistribute a greater proportion of income and thus (it is argued), by blunting incentives, reduce the country's growth rate. But the hypothesis was never properly tested because of lack of data on the distribution of (pre-tax and transfer) factor income across households, and hence on the exact amount of gain by the poorest quintile or poorest half. Milanovic tests the hypothesis using 79 observations drawn from household budget surveys from 24 democracies. The data strongly support the hypothesis that countries with more unequal distribution of factor income redistribute more in favor of the poor - even when the analysis controls for the older people's share in total population (that is, for pension transfers). The evidence on the median voter hypothesis is much weaker. Milanovic does find that middle-income groups gain more (or lose less) through redistribution in countries where initial (factor) income distribution is more unequal. This regularity evaporates, however, when pensions are dropped from social transfers and the focus is strictly on the more redistributive social transfers. This paper - a product of Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to study the relationship between democracy and inequality. The study was funded in part by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality (RPO 683-01). Also published as "The median voter hypothesis, income inequality and income redistribution: An empirical test with the required data", European Journal of Political Economy , volume 16, No. 3, September 2000, pp. 367-410. The author may be contacted at bmilanovic@worldbank.org.

Consumption --- Disposable Income --- Economic Mechanism --- Economic Theory and Research --- Emerging Markets --- Endogenous Growth --- Factor Income --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Financial Literacy --- Fiscal and Monetary Policy --- Growth Rate --- Growth Theories --- Income --- Income Distribution --- Income Groups --- Income Inequality --- Inequality --- Investment and Investment Climate --- Labor Policies --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Mean Income --- Median Voter --- Median Voter Hypothesis --- Personal Income --- Personal Income Taxes --- Political Mechanism --- Poverty Impact Evaluation --- Poverty Reduction --- Private Sector Development --- Public Choice --- Public Sector Development --- Services and Transfers to Poor --- Significant Relationship --- Social Protections and Labor