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Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in Guatemala
Canelas, Carla; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2017
outcomes, and a broad trend towards greater equality. Earnings gaps have been reduced by, among other factors, improved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635687
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Gender and vulnerable employment in the developing world : evidence from global microdata
Lo Bue, Maria C.; Tu Thi Ngoc Le; Santos Silva, Manuel; … - 2021
precariousness, inadequate earnings, and lack of decent working conditions. Using a large collection of harmonized household surveys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650841
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Implications of the changing nature of work for employment and inequality in Ghana
Gradín, Carlos; Schotte, Simone - 2020
in earnings inequality in Ghana between 2006 and 2017, a period in which there was a substantial transformation of the … context of a stagnant manufacturing sector and an oil-based expansion. We show that there was an initial decline in earnings … followed by a substantial increase in earnings inequality in which the skill premium continued to fall at a slower pace and …
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The changing nature of work and earnings inequality in China
Xing, Chunbing - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021
This paper examines the evolution of China's industrial and occupational structure in the last two decades and its impact on wage inequality. We find that non-routine cognitive and interpersonal tasks have increased, while routine cognitive tasks first increased and then declined. Occupation...
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Wage growth and inequality in urban China 1988-2013
Gustafsson, Björn; Wan, Haiyuan - 2018
We investigate the evolution of wage levels, wage inequality, and wage determinants among urban residents in China using China Household Income Project data from 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007, and 2013. Average wage grew impressively between each pair of years. Wage inequality had long been on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947049
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Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China
Li, Yanan; Xing, Chunbing - 2020
In this paper, we analyse the relationship between China's structural transformation and the inclusiveness of its economic growth. China's economy has undergone significant structural changes since it initiated the economic reforms in 1978. Economic activities have shifted from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181039
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The contribution of the spatial dimension to inequality : a counterfactual analysis for OECD countries
Ayala Cañón, Luis; Martin-Román, Javier; Vicente … - 2020
This paper provides recent evidence on the contribution of the spatial dimension to inequality and more specifically accounts for the impact of the changes in the territorial distribution of the population on the recent dynamics of income inequality. We use LIS harmonized microdata for a...
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What contributes to rising inequality in large cities?
Ayala Cañón, Luis; Martín-Román, Javier; Vicente … - 2023
This paper aims to analyze the trends in income inequality in large cities within a selected sample of OECD countries. Specifically, we consider a set of determinants that account for changes in the income distribution and estimate their contributions to inequality by developing both a dynamic...
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Heterogeneous labor earning shock process in finite horizon
Rahman, Md. Arifur - 2017
This paper investigates the importance of heterogeneity in the labor earning shock processes. We analyze the earning shock process for both male and female workers in several countries. We argue that unlike time series analysis, in a life cycle model the forecasting horizon is finite and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758398
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Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment : routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS
Mahutga, Matthew C.; Curran, Michaela; Roberts, Anthony - 2018
Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints make comparative research on two of the more important contemporary drivers of occupational stratification - globalization and technological change - relatively scarce. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870295