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Has the income share of the middle and upper-middle been stable over time, or is its current homogeneity across the world the outcome of a process of convergence? The 'Palma Ratio'...
Palma, José Gabriel - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014
In an article published in Development and Change in 2011, I suggested an alternative measure of inequality to the Gini … article has evolved to become a further attempt at contributing to the literature on inequality and the statistics to measure … it. As in my 2011 paper, in this one I also conclude that if we want to understand why inequality is so unequal across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949350
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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 1. Mapping Income Inequality Across the OECD
Hoeller, Peter; Joumard, Isabelle; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labour income inequality among individuals of working age. Labour … income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates. Individual labour income … inequality is the main driver of household market income inequality, with family formation as well as self-employment and capital …
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Did European Labour Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990's? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper analyses the evolution of quantitative measures of employee rents in Europe during the nineties, using the European Household Panel Survey. I look at two classes of measures: wage differentials between workers along industry and firm size dimensions; and estimated welfare differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788867
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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791837
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A methodological note on the measurement of labor income in Mexico
Vazquez, Raymundo M. Campos; Lustig, Nora; Santillán, … - In: Estudios Económicos 29 (2014) 1, pp. 107-123
measurement of inequality it is important not to include the year-end bonus (aguinaldo) or profit sharing (reparto de utilidades …) as labor income. Under this adjusted definition, we find an inequality trend for the age group analyzed that is robust …, an increase in inequality is found until 1994, followed by a decrease until 2008. In the period 2008-2012, inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010773864
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The Determinants of the Reservation Wage.
Hogan, V. - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1999
Most theories of involuntary unemployment predict that the equilibrium wage in the labor market will be greater than … unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005672075
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China's Labour Market in Transition: Job Creation, Migration and Regulation
Herd, Richard; Koen, Vincent; Reutersward, Anders - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480477
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Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence.
Acemoglu, D. - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of … - 1996
This paper offers an alternative theory for the increase in unemployment and wage inequality experienced in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005574413
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Do Good Workers Hurt Bad Workers - or is it the Other Way Around?
Moen, Espen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
In this article, I study the effect of worker heterogeneities on wages and unemployment within the context of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667080
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Changing Policies, Changing Impacts: Employment and Earnings of Child Care Subsidy Recipients in the Era of Welfare Reform.
Queralt, M.; Witte, A.D.; Griesinger, H. - Department of Economics, Wellesley College - 1999
We examine the impact on the employment and earnings of low-income families of federal and state increases in funding for child care and of the changing policies and administrative procedures within the Child-Care Subsidy system that accompanied these funding increases.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775601