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The Earnings Distribution and Returns to Education in Ireland, 1987-94

Barrett, Alan; Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The increased supply of skilled labour and institutional factors have been advanced in an effort to explain why some countries have experienced smaller increases in earnings dispersion and in returns to education relative to the United States. Ireland’s supply of skilled labour has increased...

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Earnings Inequality, Returns to Education and Immigration into Ireland

Barrett, Alan; Fitz Gerald, John; Nolan, Brian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

Increasing earnings inequality has been an important feature of the US and UK labour markets in recent years. The increase appears to be related to an increased demand for skilled labour and an increase in the returns to education. In this paper we examine what has happened to earnings...

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Capital is Back: Wealth-Income Ratios in Rich Countries, 1700-2010

Piketty, Thomas; Zucman, Gabriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

How do aggregate wealth-to-income ratios evolve in the long run and why? We address this question using 1970 … able to extend our analysis as far back as 1700. We find in every country a gradual rise of wealth-income ratios in recent … growth, in line with the β=s/g Harrod-Domar-Solow formula. That is, for a given net saving rate s= 10%, the long run wealth-income …

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Wealth and Inheritance in the Long Run

Piketty, Thomas; Zucman, Gabriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

inheritance. Wealth-income ratios, inherited wealth, and wealth inequalities were high in the 18th-19th centuries up untilWorldWar …-of-tax rate of return on wealth and g is the economy's growth rate. This suggests that current trends toward rising wealth-income …

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