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workers enjoy a better distribution of wages, but the attribution of the gap to wage inequality and human capital …
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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 …
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serve as collateral. Under fixed land supply, house prices rise in real terms. The combination of growing wage inequality …
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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...
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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...
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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 …
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standard unified growth model. We measure inequality by the ratio between land rent and wages and show that, before the onset … of the fertility transition, technological progress increased inequality directly through land-biased technological … elasticity of substitution between land and labor is sufficiently high, the rent-wage ratio declines such that inequality is hump …
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equal distribution of education contributes significantly to reducing income inequality. Educational expansion is a major … factor in reducing educational inequality and thus income inequality. Public policies that improve social benefits and price … stability contribute to reducing income inequality, while public spending on education helps to reduce educational inequality …
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