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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 …
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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...
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To examine how human capital accumulation influences both economic growth and income inequality, we carefully …
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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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We document facts about earnings and disposable income inequality and growth in Denmark in the period 1987-2016. During … this period, the distribution of log earnings growth exhibits skewness that varies with the business cycle and has strong … subsidized unemployment insurance system. Consequently, the dispersion of log disposable income growth is much smaller than for …
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earnings growth, in particular at the bottom of the distribution, in contrast to the stability observed for men. Both result … much higher growth, (iv) inequality between and within cohorts follow the same U‐shaped pattern as global inequality: it … low at the top of the distribution, (vi) the distribution of earnings growth is negatively skewed, leptokurtic, and varies …
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We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us-for the first time-to offer a complete picture of the distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that...
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of the recession and the recovery from it lasted for decades. In the aftermath of the recession, we find steady growth in … the positive trend, large gender differences in earnings dynamics persist. While earnings growth for men is more closely … the generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low‐income workers …
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earnings growth differs substantially across different demographic groups. We explore this further by estimating 12‐year …
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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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