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In this paper we apply a semi-parametric approach (quantile regression - QR) to the last 2007 wave of the EU-SILC data set, in order to explore the connection between education and wage inequality in 8 European countries. We find that wages increase with education and this holds true across the...
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In this paper we investigate whether inequality in the inter-industry wage premia may be explained by unobserved differences in workers’ educational skills. We use the 2007 EU-SILC data set for Portugal, a nation which can be considered a case-study, due to its high inter-industry wage...
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rate and white income levels, whereas black migration should be a function of black unemployment rates and black income … per recipient (arguably because such states do less income redistribution) whereas black migrants prefer to move to higher … welfare states (where the welfare serves as a form of higher income and/or a form of higher unemployment insurance). …
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living cost level is found to be an increasing function of population density, average income, and the degree of urbanization …
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to move shorter rather than longer distances. White migrants were more likely to move to higher per capita income states …
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. Ordinary least squares results imply that the cost of housing is positively a function of median family income, miles of …
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cooling degree days, real per capita personal disposable income, and the real unit price of natural gas. Annual per …
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