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Spain is Different: Falling Trends of Inequality
Pijoan-Mas, Josep; Sánchez-Marcos, Virginia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
In this article we characterize the evolution of inequality in hourly wages, hours of work, labor earnings, household … disposable income and household consumption for Spain between 1985 and 2000. We look at both the Encuesta Continua de … Presupuestos Familiares and the European Household Community Panel. Our analysis shows that inequality in individual net labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506839
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Measuring Income Risk
Burgess, Simon; Gardiner, Karin; Jenkins, Stephen P; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
British Household Survey. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067349
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Heterogenous Life-Cycle Profiles, Income Risk and Consumption Inequality
Primiceri, Giorgio E; van Rens, Thijs - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Was the increase in income inequality in the US due to permanent shocks or merely to an increase in the variance of transitory shocks? The implications for consumption and welfare depend crucially on the answer to this question. We use CEX repeated cross-section data on consumption and income to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661588
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Is the Kuznets Curve Still Alive? Evidence from Italy's Household Budgets, 1881-1961
Rossi, Nicola; Toniolo, Gianni; Vecchi, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
-1961. To do so, the authors constructed a new dataset, the Italian Household Budgets Database (IHBD), consisting of 4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661573
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The Value of Don Bradman: Additional Revenue in Australian Ashes Tests
Blackham, Julian; Chapman, Bruce - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2004
One way to understand the value of sporting ‘superstars’ is to examine the effect they have on match attendances and revenue. Arguably, the most famous sports star in Australia was Sir Donald Bradman, whose batting average has far exceeded that of any cricket players. This paper examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971394
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Price Level Changes and the Redistribution of Nominal Wealth Across the Euro Area
Adam, Klaus; Zhu, Junyi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
) using sectoral accounts and newly available data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey. The EA as a whole is a …, and Belgium and Malta being the largest losers. Governments are net winners of inflation, while the household (HH) sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084690
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A Microeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
informative data originating from administrative records. Using a matching estimator for multiple programmes, we find positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666683
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The Return to Knowledge Hierarchies
Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Hierarchies allow individuals to leverage their knowledge through others' time. This mechanism increases productivity and amplifies the impact of skill heterogeneity on earnings inequality. To quantify this effect, we analyze the earnings and organization of U.S. lawyers and use the equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136470
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Matching, Heterogeneity and the Evolution of Income Distribution
Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper presents a model in which firms and workers must engage in costly search to find a production partner. In this setting the skill, job and wage distributions and their evolutions are endogenized. The presence of search frictions implies that there are two redistributive forces in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114138
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Permanent Income Inequality: Australia, Britain, Germany, and the United States Compared
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
A common critique of most measures of income inequality, which are based on a single year's income, is that they fail to take account of income mobility. If income fluctuations are large, and individuals can smooth consumption, then high inequality and high mobility may be no worse than low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511760