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The Chilean Labor Market: Job Creation, Quality, Inclusiveness, and Future Challenges
Parro, Francisco; Reyes, Loreto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
unemployment insurance. We show that a combination of economic growth and specific policies seems to be the driving force behind …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258725
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A Decade of Economics Reforms: Whither Employment?
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Employment creation and wage security have been primary goals of developing countries. The present paper analyses the wage-employment scenario in India in the post-reform period. The workforce structure is exhibiting upward mobility across wage classes, moving towards regular employment, and...
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Accelerated Technological Progress - An Explanation for Wage Dispersion and a Possible Solution to the Productivity Paradox
Nikutowski, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Due to scarcity considerations an increase in the supply of college graduates should reduce the premium for this kind of qualification. Therefore it seems quite contradictory that a tremendous educational expansion in the USA is accompanied by rising wage dispersion (overall and between...
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Diseguaglianza, conflitto sociale e sindacati in America
Lettieri, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
structurally distorted in the institutions and policies of American industrial relations. The fall of the ‘social contract’ is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260788
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Disparity in the structure of wages in Pakistan
Hasan, Syed Akif; Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz; Osman, Ms. Amber - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Perpetual Disparities in all norms of lives are one of those essences of Pakistan which have been like a ghost that always exploits to its victims. This paper investigates and identifies the Disparities in the wage Structure of Pakistan. Data for the wages from 9 different sectors which includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111564
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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
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Transitioning Democracies are a Risky Business in the South
Mamoon, Dawood - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper finds that trade is insignificant in explaining income inequality. The results also suggest institutions are … for some institutions like rule of law when the sample is restricted to developing countries. However, for other … institutions like democracy and autocracy, the author finds that former is positively related with inequality and later is …
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Good versus Bad Political Institutions and Economic Welfare
Mamoon, Dawood - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The paper finds that countries which practice democracy are less prone to unequal outcomes especially when it comes to wage inequality and income inequality whereas autocracy is associated with higher level of wage inequalities but its impact on income inequalities are insignificant. Though...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004156
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Inequality, extractive institutions, and growth in nondemocratic regimes
Mizuno, Nobuhiro; Naito, Katsuyuki; Okazawa, Ryosuke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
inequality leads to extractive institutions and impedes investment and growth. These results provide an explanation for the … inequality and quality of institutions. …
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The Measurement of Employment Inequality Between Population Subgroups: Theory and Application
Borooah, Vani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
This paper represents an inquiry into employment inequality between population sub-groups. The first, and most obvious, starting point to this inquiry - and which forms the subject matter of this paper - was to ask how such inequality should be measured. This question was answered in terms of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541513