.S.input-output tables, and the Current Population Survey, we find that in addition to changes inlabor institutions, technological change and …

higher average wages; thus any relatively slower employment growth in this group of firms could lead to lower inequality …

This paper presents a structural model of crime and output. Individuals make an occupationalchoice between criminal and … level of crime andeconomic activity. I calibrate the model to the Northern Triangle countries and conductseveral policy … experiments. I find that for a country like Honduras crime reduces GDP byabout 3 percent through its negative effect on employment …

This paper studies the transmission of crime shocks to the economy in a sample of 32 Mexican states over the period … associated with the sign and magnitude of the responses of economic variables to crime shocks …

Even though institutions are created to protect workers, they may interfere with labor market functioning, raise …

This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China …. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China's investment and export …-led growth model. Between Chinese households, we find that the most important factors explaining income inequality are location …