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How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? Estimates from Panel Data
Tiwari, Sailesh - 2017
This paper attempts to determine the extent to which inequality in wage earnings in the Russian Federation is unfair …. The markedly large explanatory role of extraneous factors, such as gender and parental characteristics, in wage inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971662
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Fifteen Years of Inequality in Latin America : How Have Labor Markets Helped?
Azevedo, Joao Pedro - 2017
transition and to significant increases in female labor force participation. Additional findings show that wage inequality, still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974549
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Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2016
-mandated effects on industry wage premia; industry and economywide skill premia; and employment flows in accounting for changes in the … wage distribution in Brazil during the 1988-95 trade liberalization. Unlike in other Latin American countries, trade … liberalization appears to have made a significant contribution toward a reduction in wage inequality. These effects have not occurred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747870
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Spatial Distributions of Job Accessibility, Housing Rents, and Poverty in Nairobi, Kenya
Nakamura, Shohei - 2018
Whether individuals and job opportunities are well connected is a key determinant of productive urban labor markets. The overall level of job accessibility in a city depends on the locations of jobs and workers' residences, as well as transport networks. Moreover, who has good access to job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907419
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Housing, Imputed Rent, and Households'Welfare
Ceriani, Lidia - 2019
comprehensive, must include the value of the flow of services households derive from their dwellings, the so-called imputed rent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865096
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Urbanization in Kazakhstan : Desirable Cities, Unaffordable Housing, and the Missing Rental Marke
Seitz, William Hutchins - 2018
are better and average incomes are higher. Regional convergence in wage rates remains slow, but appears to be proceeding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912300
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What are Public Services Worth, and to Whom? Non-Parametric Estimation of Capitalization in Pune
Lall, Somik V.; Lundberg, Mattias K.A - 2006
The availability and quality of basic public services are important determinants of urban quality of life. In many cities, rapid population growth and fiscal constraints are limiting the extent to which urban governments can keep up with increasing demand for these services. It therefore becomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056803
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Pension Funds, Capital Markets, and the Power of Diversification
Stewart, Fiona - 2019
The potential for pension funds to contribute to capital markets and thereby economic growth has been argued on a theoretical basis and demonstrated empirically. However, reforms fostering the development of funded pension systems have not had the economic impact hoped for in some countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901506
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Radio Frequency (Un)Identification : Results from a Proof-of-Concept Trial of the Use of RFID Technology to Measure Microenterprise Turnover in Sri Lanka
de Mel, Suresh - 2017
Accurate measurement of stock levels, turnover, and profitability in microenterprises in developing countries is difficult because the majority of these firms do not keep detailed records. This paper tests the use of radio frequency identification tags as a means of objectively measuring stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972609
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Lost Wages : The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures
Psacharopoulos, George - 2020
Social distancing requirements associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) have led to school closures. In mid-April, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization reported that 192 countries had closed all schools and universities, affecting more than 90 percent of the world's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834026