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Trouble in the Tails? What We Know about Earnings Nonresponse Thirty Years after Lillard, Smith, and Welch
Bollinger, Christopher R.; Hirsch, Barry; Hokayem, … - 2018
Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings...
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Globalization and Inequality in Latin America
Dix-Carneiro, Rafael; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377266
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Taxes and benefits: two distinct options to cheat on the state?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2008
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap. We explore differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268927
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From Parent to Child? The Long-Lasting Effects of Social Support
Poggi, Ambra; Kalb, Guyonne - 2020
Social bonds and supportive relationships (social support) are widely recognised as being indispensable to healthy psychological functioning and wellbeing. Applying a multilevel approach to the 2001-2016 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) data, we assess the impact of...
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Decent Wage Floors in Europe: Does the Minimum Wage Directive Get It Right?
Haapanala, Henri; Marx, Ive; Parolin, Zachary - 2022
The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages represents a watershed initiative adding substance to the EU's social dimension. It contains two ambitious objectives: establishing the minimum level of statutory minimum wages (SMWs) at 60% of the gross median wage, and increasing collective bargaining...
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Determinants of Productivity Gap in the European Union: A Multilevel Perspective
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Douarin, Elodie; Korosteleva, Julia; … - 2019
The paper explores the determinants of productivity gap within the European Union in four industrial manufacturing sectors (computers, chemicals, basic metals and food) of strong macroeconomic significance and varied 'Research and Development' (R&D) intensity. Our analysis reveals that some of...
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Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap. We explore differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822596
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Evolution of gender wage gaps in latin america at the turn of the twentieth century: An addendum to new century, old disparities
Ñopo, Hugo; Hoyos, Alejandro - 2010
This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7...
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The 'Informality Gap': Can Education Help Minorities Escape Informal Employment? Evidence from Peru
Delgado Montes, Juan Gabriel; Corrales, Javier; Singh, … - 2016
Discrimination in formal labor markets can push discriminated groups into labor informality, where wages are lower and pensions scarce. In this paper, we explore whether education offsets discrimination by empowering discriminated groups to successfully compete for formal jobs. Specifically, we...
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Tropical Storms and Mortality under Climate Change
Pugatch, Todd - 2019
Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital statistics records from a large developing country,...
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