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Earnings Mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela : Testing the Divergence of Earnings and the Symmetry of Mobility Hypotheses

Fields, Gary; Duval-Hernandez, Robert; Freije, Samuel; … - 2021

This paper examines changes in individual earnings during positive and negative growth periods in three Latin American economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. We ask whether those individuals who start in the best economic position are those who experience the largest earnings gains or the...

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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

Heshmati, Almas - 2014

and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting …

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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict

Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2014

We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...

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The Labour Market Integration of Refugee and Family Reunion Immigrants : A Comparison of Outcomes in Canada and Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter - 2012

This paper assesses the employment and earnings trajectories of refugee and family reunion category immigrants in Canada and Sweden using two national level sources of data. The Canadian Immigration Database (IMDB) is a file that links the intake record of post 1979 immigrants with annual...

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How Do Immigrants Spend Their Time? The Process of Assimilation

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2010

Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation ﾖ what immigrants do with...

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Income Inequality and Health : Lessons from a Refugee Residential Assignment Program

Gronqvist, Hans - 2012

This paper examines the effect of income inequality on health for a group of particularly disadvantaged individuals: refugees. Our analysis draws on longitudinal hospitalization records coupled with a settlement policy where Swedish authorities assigned newly arrived refugees to their first area...

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The Economic Impact of Immigration in Greece : Taking Stock of the Existing Evidence

Cholezas, Ioannis; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2021

Greece was traditionally an emigration country. However, since the early 1990s it became an immigrant destination and nowadays up to a tenth of the population are immigrants, mainly from neighbouring Balkan countries and, especially, Albania. This large scale immigration within a short time...

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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …

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Corruption, Shadow Economy and Income Inequality : Evidence from Asia

Kar, Saibal - 2013

harmful to inequality. We investigate if this relationship is equally compelling for developing countries in Asia where … corruption, inequality and shadow economies are considerably large. We use Panel Least Square and Fixed Effects Models for Asia … economies in South Asia, the income inequality tends to fall …

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Why are Household Incomes More Unequally Distributed in China than in Russia?

Gustafsson, Björn - 2010

Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent in Russia 2003. A much larger urban to rural income gap in combination with a much smaller proportion of people living in urban areas in China are important reasons for this...

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