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information and communication technologies over the labor structure of the firm and wages. Thus, it assesses whether increasing …
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This analysis examines the relationship between nonrenewable resource dependence, economic growth and income inequality. It uses a two-equation system in which the Gini index and GDP per capita are the dependent variables and the stock of nonrenewable resources as a share of national wealth-i.e....
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capital and institutional variables, also contributed to the decline. Although rising minimum wages were equalizing during … direct effect of minimum wages on inequality was muted …
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This paper presents a new methodology to measure inequality that optimally combines household survey information and tax records to construct a complete income distribution. Combining the two data sources is necessary because, on the one hand, household surveys do not accurately represent the...
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Using a new database of household surveys, this paper examines inequality among all individuals living in developing East Asia regardless of their country of residence. The East Asian Gini index increased from 39.0 in 1988 to 43.3 in 2012. Inequality increased during the initial decade,...
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data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on … likelihood that students in upper secondary and tertiary school exit school in Argentina and Brazil, but not in Mexico. For the …
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income inequality impacts of both global and domestic trade reform in Argentina, with a special focus on export taxes …. Argentina offers an interesting case study as the only large agricultural exporter that has, at many points in its history … and non-agricultural goods, reduces poverty and inequality in Argentina. However, if only agricultural goods are included …
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Wage inequality has declined in Mexico since 2000. Using data from Mexican labor surveys for the period between 2000 … and 2014, this paper investigates whether the decline was driven by wages declining more sharply for younger or older … workers. The analysis finds that the wages of older workers declined and the decline was more pronounced in the older cohort …
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The seven largest emerging market economies-China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey …
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markets in Mexico that are known for their high level of concentration: mobile telecommunications and corn products. The …
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