Showing 1 - 10 of 12
income for different education groups and to estimate the level of consumption smoothing. We split households into three … groups based on educational attainment: primary education, secondary school, and university. We find that the university … with less education. This implies that investing in education is an investment not only in higher income and sometimes more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013287969
obstacle to improvements in income distribution triggered by other factors such as greater education levels across the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319775
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American … outcomes and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrolment, wage … 2000s in terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319832
We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality increased in Honduras until 2005, while it was falling in most other Latin American countries. Using annual household surveys, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319838
This study examines the rise and fall in income inequality in Ecuador over the past two decades. Falling income equality during the 2000s partly coincides with the rise to power of a new leftist government, but the trend was already set early in the decade. The recent trend is mainly associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319882
Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354844
partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U …-shaped way on education. To maintain a given level of human capital it is shown that a less efficient schooling technology …-tax inequality if it spent more on education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409838
We analyze the redistributive (dis)advantages of a minimum wage over income taxation in competitive labor markets. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234542
education of the population increases the correlation between non-gravity trade and income inequality becomes smaller. Non …-gravity trade has no significant effect on income inequality in countries that are world leaders in education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231516
, education increases the "awareness" of citizens - capturing their reluctance to accept a dictatorship and their labor … of education, inequality, and (natural) resources. We highlight two contrasting effects of education and human capital … accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic growth and enriches the budget of the autocratic elite. On the other side …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587539