small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is … fragmented, based on cross-sectional evidence on skill premia rather than overall levels of inequality. This paper provides the … first comparative evidence on the link between innovation and inequality in a continental perspective. Using micro data from …

, finally, (vii) What is the overall cross-country time-series evidence regarding the employment effect of the minima? The aim …

lead to higher inequality across firms, increased segregation of labour markets and decreased within-firm inequality. This … workplace systems. Our results suggest that HPWOs increase both across and within firm inequality. We do not find evidence …, however, that HPWOs affect their employment structure. …

We study the implications of electoral corruption for resource allocation, factor market equilibrium and inequality. We … focus on the control of the voting of agricultural workers by landlords and show that if the employment relationship is …

regional interpersonal income and educational inequality, also influence wages and education in different ways across welfare …

Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots’ potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their … economic effects. In this paper we analyze for the first time the economic impact of industrial robots, using new data on a … panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and …

One often heard counter to the concern on rising income and wealth inequality is that it is wrong to focus on … inequality of outcomes in a “snapshot.” Intergenerational mobility and “equality of opportunity”, so the argument goes, is what … lower inequality not between individuals but between the dynasties to which they belong? And how does this pattern in turn …

or societal laws benefiting religious citizens. Rising income inequality can, however, lead some of the rich to form a …

We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout …