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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...
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Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints …
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equally. Income inequality among men has increased markedly since the 1970s, suggesting that differences among fathers have … unconditional quantile partial effects of children along UK and US men's earnings distributions. In the 1970s, most UK and US … fathers enjoyed a modest premium regardless of their relative earnings, which decreased as number of children increased. This …
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Intra-household inequality continues to remain a neglected corner despite renewed focus on income and wealth inequality …. Using the LIS micro data, we present evidence that this neglect is Equivalent to ignoring up to a third of total inequality …. For a wide range of countries and over four decades, we show that at least 30 per cent of total inequality is attributable …
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higher education expansion for labour income inequality has largely treated expansion as gender neutral. With this paper we … build on prior studies that have ignored potentially differential effects by factoring in what it means for earnings … inequality to increase tertiary education among women as compared to men. To this end we draw on harmonised data from the …
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premium levels and changes within countries. For the literature on income inequality, these findings imply the need to pay …
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-coefficients were used for measuring earnings inequality. Relative changes in earnings inequality for sickness benefits were explained … earnings, sickness benefits and labour force demography (OECD data) and educational attainment were employed. Method: Gini …
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, which has been protected by minimum-wage increases. These findings imply that minimum wages should rise during inflationary … episodes in order to prevent rising income inequality. …
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This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
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different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A …
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