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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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Equalizing or Disequalizing Lifetime Earnings Differentials? Earnings Mobility in the EU : 1994-2001
Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2009
Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of lifetime earnings? To what extent does earnings mobility work to equalize/disequalize longer-term earnings relative to cross-sectional inequality and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153017
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Top Incomes in Sweden During Three-Quarters of a Century : A Micro Data Approach
Gustafsson, Björn - 2007
This paper aims to throw light on the development of top incomes in Sweden as well as the causes for change. Using household income data we show that since the first half of the 1980s, real income at the top of the distribution has developed more favourably than for other groups. This contrasts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777265
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Global Earnings Inequality, 1970–2015
Hammar, Olle - 2017
We estimate trends in global earnings dispersion across occupational groups using a new database covering 66 developed and developing countries between 1970 and 2015. Our main finding is that global earnings inequality has declined, primarily during the 2000s, when the global Gini coefficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956018
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Among Men Across 14 EU Countries, 1994-2001 : Evidence from ECHP
Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2009
This paper analyses the dynamic structure of individual earnings across 14 EU countries over the period 1994-2001 using ECHP. Understanding wage mobility and its link with the evolution of cross-sectional earnings inequality is important from a welfare perspective, particularly given the large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764668
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The Individual Perception of Wage Inequality : A Measurement Framework and Some Empirical Evidence
Kuhn, Andreas - 2016
This paper presents a simple conceptual framework specifically tailored to measure individual perceptions of wage inequality. Using internationally comparable survey data, the empirical part of the paper documents that there is huge variation in inequality perceptions both across and within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002442
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Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit - 2014
This paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Turkey using the Surveys on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). This is the first paper that explores wage mobility for Turkey. It differs from the existing literature by providing analyses of wage inequality and wage mobility over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013042978
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From Bottom to Top : The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2021
substantial drop of median income and a remarkable income growth at the top 0.1% of the income distribution. The increase of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317139