, period, and cohort effects for the likelihood of employment in different occupations and the wages earned therein over 2001 …-2019. For recent generations of women, cohort effects indicate a higher likelihood of employment in low-paying manual jobs …

The paper uses a combination of micro-level datasets to document the rise of income polarization-what some have … referred to as the 'hollowing out' of the income distribution-in the United States, since the 1970s. While in the initial … decades more middle-income households moved up, rather than down, the income ladder, since the turn of the current century …

Data show that middle-income households have continued moving down, and less so up, the income distribution in the … United States since the 1970s-a phenomenon that is often referred to as the polarization or 'hollowing out' of the income … distribution. While the level of income polarization is generally lower in the richer states (i.e., those with higher median …

This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …

This paper reviews the evidence on how households in Sub-Saharan Africa segment along consumption, income and earning … importance of home-grown food in the income and consumption of house-holds well up the income distribution, the lack of formal … financial inclusion for all but the richest households, and the importance of non-wage income. These stylized facts suggest that …

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between trade and income. While most economists agree that increased trade … leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate … of the economy. Using a dynamic panel data model, the hypotheses of no long-run effects of trade on income and on income …

We aim to provide a broad descriptive overview of Chile's social issues, in comparison to other countries and over time …-inequality across: i) income; ii) perception; iii) access; iv) opportunity; v) redistribution; and vi) location. The analysis puts … forward a set of descriptive findings. First, income inequality declined substantially but remains high, also compared to …

We examine the extent to which declining manufacturing employment may have contributed to increasing inequality in …: the high initial manufacturing wage premium and the high level of income inequality. The manufacturing wage premium …. Instead, high income inequality played a large role. This is because manufacturing job loss typically implies a move to the …