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in mobility, whereas only in three countries the increase in mobility is determined by the decrease in inequality. … which changes in cross-sectional earnings inequality reflect transitory or permanent components of individual lifecycle … earnings variation. Increases in inequality reflect increases in permanent differentials in four countries and increases in …
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. All countries recording an increase in cross-sectional inequality recorded also a decrease in short-term mobility. Among … countries where inequality decreased, short-term mobility increased in Denmark, Spain, Ireland and UK, and decreased in Belgium … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …
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Annuelles de Données Sociales” data set (DADS), we show that inequality increases with mobility, and that mobility evolves with …. One based on Jolivet, Postel-Vinay and Robin (2006) allows us to link inequality and mobility through equilibrium changes …In this paper we highlight the link existing between economic growth and inequality. Using the FH-DADS panel data set …
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This paper examines the long-run effect of foreign aid on income inequality for 21 recipient countries using panel … cointegration techniques to control for omitted variable and endogeneity bias. We find that aid exerts an inequality increasing …
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In this paper it is argued that the domestic division of labor and trade is organized according to the same principle as the international division of labor and trade – the Ricardian comparative advantages. After all, the ultimate source of these comparative advantages is the individual. The...
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2001, hereby controlling for cohort effects. Wage inequality has risen sharply during the 1980’s and early 1990’s and … transitory wage inequality and only to a lesser extent to an increase in permanent wage inequality. The transitory component of ….65 over a ten-year period. The constant wage inequality in the second half of the 1990’s is attributed to a slight decrease in …
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Does wealth matter for labor market transitions? This paper aims at giving a quantitative answer to this question. Econometric reduced-form estimates on French panel data provide evidence of a significant wealth effect on the extensive margin of labor supply. Both unemployment duration and job...
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We investigate whether microfoundations might increase the predictive power of macroeconomic models of wage inflation. By comparing past predictions to observed values, we find that the Phillips curve with the average unemployment rate in districts with prevalently low unemployment rates...
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We use an extensive dataset on occupational wages to measure the manufacturing skill premium and evaluate the importance of the main drivers in literature plus the effects of natural resources and institutions. Results, regarding a panel of 21 countries between 1987 and 2003, suggest the...
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likely effects on poverty, inequality, and economic mobility. While poverty has declined, inequality has remained relatively … high and stable over nearly four decades. In this paper, for the first time, we examine poverty and inequality in a dynamic … context using a 4-year panel data, collected during 1992–1995. We show that short-term income mobility is relatively high …
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