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what extent does earnings mobility work to equalize/disequalize longerterm earnings relative to cross-sectional inequality …, Germany, and the lowest, Portugal. The highest mobility as equalizer of longer term inequality is recorded in Ireland and … and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic assumption is that mobility measured over a horizon of 8 years is a good …
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in mobility, whereas only in three countries the increase in mobility is determined by the decrease in inequality. … which changes in cross-sectional earnings inequality reflect transitory or permanent components of individual lifecycle … earnings variation. Increases in inequality reflect increases in permanent differentials in four countries and increases in …
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-national differences in the dynamic structure of earnings: in permanent inequality, transitory inequality and earnings mobility. Based on … squares setting to estimate the relationship between permanent inequality, transitory inequality and earnings mobility, and … ECHP, minimum distance estimator is used to decompose earnings inequality into the permanent and transitory components and …
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. All countries recording an increase in cross-sectional inequality recorded also a decrease in short-term mobility. Among … countries where inequality decreased, short-term mobility increased in Denmark, Spain, Ireland and UK, and decreased in Belgium … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …
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This paper explores potential gendered effects of employment protection on earnings mobility, differentiating between … upward and downward movements. We conduct a micro-macro mobility analysis for 23 European countries over the economic … earnings mobility (either upwards or downwards) although the effect is stronger among women of high reproductive age …
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There is by now a vast number of studies which document a sharp increase in crosssectional wage inequality during the … 2000s. It is often assumed that this inequality is of a "permanent nature" which in turn is used as an argument calling for … inequality during the 2000s. Applying covariance structure models, we calculate the fraction of permanent and transitory wage and …
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This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and actual working hours, and monthly earnings. Our descriptive...
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This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during 1998-2012 using Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey. We estimate the publicprivate sector wage gap with Mincer wage equations both at the mean and at different quantiles of the...
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In this paper, we propose a new comprehensive framework for analysing wage discrimination. This framework assesses wage discrimination on the grounds of conditional wage distributions (rather than just conditional means), regards the whole population (rather than just those in work) and employs...
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This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
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