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Remote Work Across Jobs, Companies, and Space

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The Effect of Product Demand on Inequality : Evidence from the US and the UK

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Mind the Gap : Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US

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Inequality During the Early Years : Child Outcomes and Readiness to Learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States

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Cross Cohort Evidence on Gendered Sorting Patterns in the UK : The Importance of Societal Movements Versus Childhood Variables

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Gender and Career Progression in Academia : European Evidence

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We study career trajectories of university researchers in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the speed of career progression by gender. Using the panel data collected by the MORE project (Mobility Survey of the Higher Education Sector) - a longitudinal database that gathers survey responses...

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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries over the Twentieth Century

Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506080