Beginning in the late 1970s, China's economy delivered the largest growth spurt in recorded history. Striking …

inequality. To do this we focus on the Irish economy which experienced a remarkable boom starting in 1994. We analyse the … covariance structure of earnings in Ireland to examine whether this rapid growth affected earnings dynamics over the period …. Using panel data for the years 1994-2001, we show that, while permanent inequality in Ireland is high, the degree of …