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Bigsten, Arne - 2014

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...

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Earnings in the South African Revenue Service IRP5 data

Kerr, Andrew - 2020

compare total labour income and employment between 2011 and 2017 with other sources of data, including Statistics South Africa …'s Quarterly Labour Force Surveys and Quarterly Employment Statistics firm surveys. Finally, I use the data to estimate Gini …

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Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Alaniz, Enrique; Gindling, Thomas; Mata, Catherine; … - 2020

-tier informal workers leave employment or transition into other informal statuses, most transitions are from lower-tier informal …

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Incomes, inequality, and poverty in Kenya: A long-term perspective

Bigsten, Arne; Manda, Damiano Kulundu; Mwabu, Germano; … - 2014

inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …

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Earnings and employment microdata in South Africa

Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin - 2019

employment in the post-Apartheid period. More recently, administrative data from the South African Revenue Service has been made … them. In this paper we thus provide a summary of the main sources of data on earnings and employment and their strengths …

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Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua

Alaniz, Enrique; Espino, Alma; Gindling, Thomas - 2019

We study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state. We consider 'advantageous' states to be formal salaried employees and self-employed workers...

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