reduction in college openings introduced by the Pinochet regime after the 1973 coup in Chile, which led to a sharp downward kink … vital statistics, we document an upward kink in the age-specific yearly mortality rate of individuals in the affected …

Latin American countries have always been characterised by relatively high levels of income inequality, even taking … mostly middle-income and low-income countries, it can be understood that, in general, the middle class has not historically … in income inequality. This has resulted in a significant reduction in the incidence of poverty in the region and an …

persistent effect on subsequent employment and income. After initial periods with a higher incidence of sick leave, treated … treated workers, who manage to stay in employment, incur persistent income losses. The effects are stronger for sub-groups of …

of the past is that the outcome, in terms of growth, distribution, and employment, depends on how a country remains in …

, distinguishing between the productivity and the discrimination hypotheses. We analyze employment, income, and sickness absence … significant employment penalty. Both genders experience a significant income penalty for obesity. We conclude that the penalties …

significantly negative effect of exposure during the first trimester of gestation on employment outcomes 53 or more years after …

early 1990s to the early 2000s in three relatively stable countries: Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Using econometric techniques … earnings per worker are the result of slow-moving changes in the structure of employment and the characteristics of workers, as … of agricultural labour are among the most significant changes in the structure of employment, and they contribute to …

UK, where a 1% growth in employment was achieved at the expense of 1.3% worsening in income inequality. In the light of … inequality and employment. To this end, we use annual data for the US, UK and Sweden over the past forty years and estimate … contributions of the labour share to the trajectories of inequality and employment during specific time intervals in the post-1990 …

This paper explores the features of a dynamic multisectoral model which focuses on the relationship between income … transitory dynamics of integrated economies. Income inequality affects the patterns of growth and international specialization as … the model uses non-linear Engel curves and hence different income groups are characterized by different expenditure …