This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records … from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education … returns to education for the period 2005-10 largest for the 5th and 10th percentiles. Inequality decreased from the lower to …

, wages are highest for formal workers and lowest for lower-tier informal jobs. The proportion of formal workers who maintain … move up the wage ladder. Education plays an important role, as it increases the probability of transitioning into a better … job and, within informality, the chance of better wages. …

This paper is the first to compare global trends in income and wealth inequality this century. It is based on large … coefficient, inequality between countries accounts for about two-thirds of global income inequality, but noticeably less - around … reduced world inequality. Income inequality has changed little within countries, so the downward trend remains intact. However …

relation with earnings and polarization, and inequality. We show some evidence of polarization in earnings but not with respect … explain most of the reduction in inequality in the period between 2003 and 2012, while changes in composition dominate the … rise in inequality in the period between 2012 and 2019. Both movements are dominated by changes in educational levels and …

The economic literature has shown that exogenous transitory shocks affect education by changing the opportunity cost of … impacted the long-term education and earnings of exposed cohorts living in affected areas. Our findings suggest that an …

In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … period of time. These trends are complemented with information for inequality in income and wealth from other sources, paying … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each …

, to compute macro-consistent income shares and other distributional indicators since the 1920s. Our estimates show a more …

occupations and their task content, and their impact on employment, earnings and income distribution in Argentina during the new … market institutions seem to shape the impact of technology on job demand and on earnings distribution. Overall, the findings …

the education and labour market. We explore the witches' broom outbreak in cocoa farms in the world's second most …-term education and earnings of individuals living in affected municipalities. We show a piece of evidence that the increase in child …