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The impact of economic inequality and gender parity on educational assortative mating : evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study
Monaghan, David - 2014
Though extensive research has described the prevalence of educational assortative mating, the causes of its variation across countries and over time is not well understood. Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study Database, I investigate the impact on marital sorting of both inequality...
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How redistributive policies reduce market inequality : education premiums in 22 OECD countries
Weisstanner, David; Armingeon, Klaus - 2018
What explains the large cross-country variation in the wage premium for higher education? Economic analyses of wage differentials by education point to technological change and globalisation, but we know little about the impact of different types of public policies. We argue that public...
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Higher education expansion & labour income inequality in high-income countries : a gender-specific perspective
Sauer, Petra; Van Kerm, Philippe; Checchi, Daniele - 2022
The expansion of higher education since the second half of the 20th century was particularly pronounced among women. In most high-income countries to date more women complete a tertiary level than men. But research on the implications of higher education expansion for labour income inequality...
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Inequality of incomes on both sides of the Odra : the contribution of the regional dimension
Hoffmeister, Onno (contributor) - 2006
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Inequality in Poland : estimating the whole distribution by g-percentile 1983-2015
Bukowski, Pawel; Novokmet, Filip - 2018
Poland over the 1983-2015 period. We find that official survey-based inequality estimates substantially underestimate the … share from 4% to 14% between 1989 and 2015. Frequently quoted Poland's transition success has largely benefited top income …. However, the transition from communism to capitalism has led to lower income concentration in Poland than in Russia. We relate …
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Are immigrants paid less for education?
Anastassova, Lubomira - 2010
This paper is on measuring the gap in returns to education between foreign-born and native workers in France, Germany, and Austria and investigates the extent to which this gap can be explained by a mis-match between the actual and the years of schooling typical for a given occupation. The...
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The impact of educational attainment on labor market outcomes
Pai, Kalpana (contributor) - 2008
This paper studies the impact of educational attainment on Labor Market outcomes using data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) for 10 countries over a multi-year period. The 10 countries in this study include USA, Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Spain, Norway, Australia, and...
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Exploring the long term effects of educational policies on the income redistribution processes
Calero, Jorge (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The impacts of industry wage premiums and education levels on gender inequality : evidence from five developed countries
Yao, Yao; Li, Zheng - 2022
In contrast to most prior studies of gender inequality focusing on a specific country or a specific year, this paper uses cross-nationally comparable data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to examine the impacts of wage premiums in male- and female-dominated industries and education levels...
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Education gap and youth : a growing challenge in the MENA region
Rizk, Reham; Hawash, Ronia - 2020
Education inequality has always been a concern for policy makers due to its long-term and intergenerational impacts. This paper examines the determinants and the sources of education inequality among the youth in the MENA region using harmonized income and expenditure surveys. More attention is...
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