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Growth, inequality and labor markets in LDCs : a survey : presented at CESifo Venice Summer Institute, Workshop on dissecting globalization, July 2004
Qimḥî, Ayyāl - 2004
This paper surveys the empirical literature on the association between growth on inequality in less developed countries …, with a particular emphasis on labor market inequality. Crosscountry studies failed to find a clear link from growth to … inequality increases with growth. The paper argues that the methodologies used in many of the empirical applications, designed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450868
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How high can you climb? : earnings inequality and intragenerational earnings mobility in a developing country : evidence from Thai tax returns
Athiphat Muthitacharoen; Trongwut Burong - 2023
This paper investigates inequality and intragenerational economic mobility in a developing country with large inequality. Understanding economic mobility is important because it shapes our perception of inequality. Despite its significance, evidence on intragenerational mobility, especially that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013484931
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Inequality and growth : the dual role of human capital in development
Eicher, Theo S. - 2000
To examine how human capital accumulation influences both economic growth and income inequality, we carefully …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781636
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The Arab inequality puzzle : the role of income sources in Egypt and Tunisia
Krafft, Caroline; Davis, Elizabeth E. - 2019
Egypt and Tunisia are perceived to have high levels of inequality, yet based on standard measures, inequality in these two countries is not unusually high. In this study we explore a new dimension of inequality in Egypt and Tunisia by using a more complete measure of income and decomposing...
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The effect of self-employment on income inequality
Schneck, Stefan - 2018
It is well known that the self-employed are over-represented at the bottom as well as the top of the income distribution. This paper shifts the focus from the income situation of the self-employed to the distributive effects of a change in self-employment rates. With representative German data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156983
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Gendered effects of employment protection on earnings mobility
Bárcena Martín, Elena; Medina-Claros, Samuel; … - 2020
This paper explores potential gendered effects of employment protection on earnings mobility, differentiating between upward and downward movements. We conduct a micro-macro mobility analysis for 23 European countries over the economic downturn period 2008–2014. The results confirm that,...
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Hours inequality
Checchi, Daniele; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Vivian, Lara - 2022
The vast literature on earnings inequality has so far largely ignored the role played by hours of work. This paper argues that in order to understand earnings dispersion we need to consider not only the dispersion of hourly wages but also inequality in hours worked as well as the correlation...
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The economic effects of Covid-19 in Sweden : a report on income, taxes, distribution, and government support policies
Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023
This report analyses the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and support policies using underutilized data sources from the Swedish Tax Agency's tax register, which provides real-time information on firm sales and employees' wage income. Firms' sales, particularly in areas heavily...
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Education, growth and income inequality
Teulings, Coen N.; Rens, Thijs van - 2002
imperfect substitution and skill biased technological change closes the gap between the Mincer equation and GDP growth …
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Inequality and occupational change in times of Revolution : the Tunisian perspective
Marouani, Mohamed Ali; Phuong Minh Le - 2022
The public sector plays a large role in many developing economies, but its effect on earnings inequality dynamics has not been widely studied. In this paper, we investigate the earnings inequality trends and their determinants in the decades before and after the Tunisian Revolution, focusing on...
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