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Partial Insurance, Information, and Consumption Dynamics

Blundell, Richard William; Pistaferri, Luigi; Preston, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

. Our aim is to describe the transmission of income inequality into consumption inequality. Our framework nests the special …

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The Role of Rents to Human Capital in Economic Development

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

steady states arise because rents to human capital are self perpetuating. Inequality in abilities may be good for growth …

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Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio; Goldberg, Pinelopi; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

to education, and changes in industry premiums and informality alone cannot fully explain the increase in wage inequality …

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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights...

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The Role Of The Minimum Wage In The Welfare State: An Appraisal

Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

In order to offer a balanced assessment of the role of minimum wages in the Welfare State, seven basic questions need to be answered: (i) Why is the minimum wage a useful redistributive tool?; (ii) How binding are minimum wage floors in different countries?; (iii) To what extent do minimum wages...

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Sorting, Education and Inequality

Fernández, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

neighborhoods, schools and households (spouses), can have important consequences for the acquisition of human capital and inequality …

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Getting a Fair Share of the Plunder? Technology, Skill and Wages in British Establishments

Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper uses establishment level data from the British Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) to examine the effects of new technology on pay. The wage differential associated with new technology is about 5-7% and is (i) robust to corrections for skill, workplace disamenities, and...

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Waiting for Mr Right: Rising Inequality and Declining Marriage Rates

Gould, Eric D; Paserman, M. Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

inequality, and analyses several explanations for this result. A causal link is established by showing that the results are … robust to the inclusion of city fixed-effects and city-specific time trends, and by using inequality in the woman’s state of … birth as a proxy for the local level of male inequality. Increasing male inequality explains about 30% of the marriage rate …

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Consumption and Labour Supply with Partial Insurance: An Analytical Framework

Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

over the period 1967-1996. We then use the estimated parameter values to decompose inequality in all variables of interest …

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Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening, and Multitasking

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

, while inequality tends to rise monotonically. Bonus caps and income taxes can help restore balance in agents' incentives and …

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