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The gap between the conditional wage distributions of incumbents and the newly hired employees : decomposition and uniform ordering
Maasoumi, Esfandiar; Pitts, M. Melinda; Wu, Ke - 2014
workers enjoy a better distribution of wages, but the attribution of the gap to wage inequality and human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433990
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Dynamic effects of educational assortative mating on labor supply
Gihleb, Rania; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2016
substantially higher employment (all else equal), which in turn amplifies income inequality across couples. Using NLSY79, we … accumulation and implied wage growth. Inequality between couples is largely driven by the persistence in labor supply choices and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476887
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Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital
Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021
We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511571
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Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital
Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021
We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517207
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Inequality in early care experienced by U.S. children
Flood, Sarah; McMurry, Joel; Sojourner, Aaron; Wiswall, … - 2021
tend to receive care of higher measured quality and higher cost. Inequality is evident at home as well: measures of …-income households, reduces inequality in care provided, but it is mainly limited to older children and to the lowest income households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624916
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The Great Recession, household income, and children's test scores
McGovern, Mark E.; Rokicki, Slawa - 2018 - Updated October 23 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114408
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Elitism in higher education and inequality : why are the Nordic countries so special?
Brezis, Elise S. - 2018
levels of inequality. In other words, a higher level of "elitism", i.e., large gap in quality of universities, and tight … inequality than most of the other OECD countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894336
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What changes the skill premium in South America?
Herrero Olarte, Susana; Rivadeneira-Cornejo, Christopher - In: Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo 12 (2023) 1, pp. 218-240
In this article, it is analyzed which variables limit the reduction of inequality in South America, as measured by the … inequality in the region in 2002-2015 and applies a generalized ordered Probit model to identify which variables would be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261232
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265004
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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268676