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Lifetime versus annual tax progressivity: Sweden, 1968-2009
Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - 2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968 - 2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...
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Can intangible capital explain cyclical movements in the labor wedge?
Gourio, François; Rudanko, Leena - 2014
Intangible capital is an important factor of production in modern economies that is generally neglected in business cycle analyses. We demonstrate that intangible capital can have a substantial impact on business cycle dynamics, especially if the intangible is complementary with production...
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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality during Macroeconomic Turbulence: Sweden 1991-1999
Gustavsson, Magnus - 2002
among younger workers. To shed some light on the role of wages behind the findings for earnings, wage dynamics is also …
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Developing country business cycles: Revisiting the stylised facts
Male, Rachel - 2010
this persistence is somewhat lower than for the developed countries. Furthermore, prices and nominal wages are found to be … use of theoretical models with staggered prices and wages for the modelling of developing country business cycles. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280739
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Family structure and sex differences in postdisplacement outcomes
Rodriguez, Daniel; Zavodny, Madeline - 2001
Labor force outcomes after an involuntary job loss tend to differ systematically between men and women, with women experiencing a lower probability of finding another job, a longer average duration of nonemployment, and larger losses in hours given reemployment. This study examines the role of...
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The impact of Mexican immigrants on US wage structure
Toussaint-Comeau, Maude - 2007
areas have had no effect on the relative wages of very low-skill (high school dropouts). Rather, Mexican workers do affect … relative wages for high school graduates. Whereas Card and Lewis' study uses variations across geographies, this paper … relationship between the composition of Mexican immigrants across occupations/industries and average wages in the occupations …
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Income distribution, technical change and the dynamics of international economic integration
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - 2005
This paper explores the features of a dynamic multisectoral model which focuses on the relationship between income distribution, growth and international specialization. The model is explored both for the steady-state properties and the transitory dynamics of integrated economies. Income...
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Distributional consequences of capital accumulation, globalisation and financialisation in the US
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector - 2012
In this paper we examine the dynamic contributions of capital accumulation, globalisation, and financialisation to the functional-personal income distribution nexus. We analyse the labour share under the prism of monopoly and frictional growth, and disclose the dramatic upward trend in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368155
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Inequality, human capital formation and the process of development
Galor, Oded - 2011
Conventional wisdom about the relationship between income distribution and economic development has been subjected to dramatic transformations in the past century. While Classical economists advanced the hypothesis that inequality is beneficial for economic development, the Neoclassical...
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On-the-job search and the cyclical dynamics of the labor market
Krause, Michael U.; Lubik, Thomas A. - 2004
We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where workers can engage in search while on the job. We show that on-the-job search is a key component in explaining labor market dynamics in models of equilibrium unemployment. The model predicts fluctuations of unemployment, vacancies, and labor...
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