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Spatial changes in labour market inequality
Lindley, Joanne; Machin, Stephen - 2013
We study spatial changes in labour market inequality for US states and MSAs using Census and American Community Survey data between 1980 and 2010. We report evidence of significant spatial variations in education employment shares and in the college wage premium for US states and MSAs, and show...
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Spatial income inequality in India, 1993-2011 : a district level decomposition
Azam, Mehtabul; Bhatt, Vipul - 2016
role of individual and geographical factors in determining the level and the change in income inequality in India. We find … that between-state income differences account for the majority of between-district income inequality in rural India in 2011 …. However, in urban India within-state income differences explain most of the between- district inequality in 2011. We also find …
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The effect of migration and spatial connectivity on regional skill endowments across Europe : 1988 - 2010
Tani, Massimiliano; Manuguerra, Maurizio - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of labour migration and openness to trade on regional skill endowments across the European Union at a time of increased economic integration. Using regional data from Eurostat's Regio database and the open web source Openflight for the period 1998-2010 we test...
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Sorting and local wage and skill distributions in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
This paper provides descriptive evidence about the distribution of wages and skills in denser and less dense employment areas in France. We confirm that on average, workers in denser areas are more skilled. There is also strong over-representation of workers with particularly high and low skills...
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Disparate pathways : understanding racial disparities in teaching
Blazar, David; Anthenelli, Max; Gao, Wenjing; Goings, … - 2024
Mounting evidence supporting the advantages of a diverse teacher workforce prompts policymakers to scrutinize existing recruitment pathways. Following four cohorts of Maryland public high-school students over 12 years reveals several insights. Early barriers require timely interventions, aiding...
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Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...
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Trainspotting : "good jobs", training and skilled immigration
Mountford, Andrew; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2019
While skilled immigration ceteris paribus provides an immediate boost to GDP per capita by adding to the human capital stock of the receiving economy, might it also reduce the number of 'good jobs', i.e. those with training, available to indigenous workers? We analyse this issue theoretically...
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The moderating effect of higher education on intergenerational spatial inequality
Vuijst, Elise de; Ham, Maarten van; Kleinhans, Reinout - 2015
It is well-known that socioeconomic outcomes and (dis)advantage over the life course can be transmitted from parent to child. It is increasingly suggested that these intergenerational effects also have a spatial dimension, although empirical research into this topic remains scarce. Previous...
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Continental and sub-continental income inequality
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Regional disparities and inequality of opportunity : the case of Italy
Checchi, Daniele (contributor);  … - 2005
In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to decompose overall inequality in an "ethically offensive" and an "ethically acceptable" part. Moreover, we provide some empirical applications of these new evaluation tools: in the first exercise, we compare the...
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