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Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial virginia

Nikolova, Elena; Nikolova, Milena - 2016

We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative … market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions initially served to attract indentured servants from England needed … with slaves. Second, we argue that Virginia's suffrage was also the result of political bargaining influenced by shifting …

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How reliable are income data collected with a single question?

Micklewright, John (contributor); … - 2007

Income is an important correlate for numerous phenomena in the social sciences. But many surveys collect data with just a single question covering all forms of income. This raises issues of quality, and these are heightened when individuals are asked about the household total rather than own...

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Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China

Gustafsson, Björn; Li, Shi; Satō, Hiroshi - 2014

This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until...

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Errors in self-reported earnings: the role of previous earnings volatility

Akee, Randall (contributor) - 2007

I report the measurement error in self-reported earnings for a developing country. Administrative data from the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) Social Security office are matched to the FSM Census data for the wage sector employed. I find that the error in annual self-reported earnings is...

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Survey under-coverage of top incomes and estimation of inequality : what is the role of the UK's SPI adjustment?

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2017

Survey under-coverage of top incomes leads to bias in survey-based estimates of overall income inequality. Using income tax record data in combination with survey data is a potential approach to address the problem; we consider here the UK's pioneering 'SPI adjustment' method that implements...

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Social change

Greenwood, Jeremy (contributor); Guner, Nezih (contributor) - 2008

A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...

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The lot of the unemployed : a time use perspective

Krueger, Alan B. (contributor); Müller, Andreas (contributor) - 2008

This paper provides new evidence on time use and subjective well-being of employed and unemployed individuals in 14 countries. We devote particular attention to characterizing and modeling job search intensity, measured by the amount of time devoted to searching for a new job. Job search...

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The impact of household capital income on income inequality : a factor decomposition analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA

Fräßdorf, Anna (contributor); … - 2008

This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro-data from the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) for three prominent panel studies, namely the BHPS for Great Britain, the SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a...

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Immigrants and welfare programmes : exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence and welfare policy

Barrett, Alan (contributor); McCarthy, Yvonne (contributor) - 2008

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the papers within the economics literature that have examined the questions of immigrant welfare use and the responsiveness of immigrants to the incentives created by welfare systems. While our focus is largely on papers looking at the...

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The effect of minimum wages on immigrants' employment and earnings

Orrenius, Pia M. (contributor); … - 2008

This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in the U.S. Minimum wage increases might have larger effects among low-skilled immigrants than among natives because, on average, immigrants earn less than natives due to lower...

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