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In this paper, we examine wage inequality and wage differentials in Croatia from 1970 to 2008 using two long aggregate … time series on the distribution of income. We focus especially on changing income inequality related to educational and … vocational attainment, changing income inequality within those groups, and how these two components of inequality were affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216094
In this paper, we examine wage inequality and wage differentials in Croatia from 1970 to 2008 using two long aggregate … time series on the distribution of income. We focus especially on changing income inequality related to educational and … vocational attainment, changing income inequality within those groups, and how these two components of inequality were affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011040281
examine wage inequality and wage differentials in Croatia between 1970 and 2008. This is a time period during which Croatia … the creation of sovereign Croatia. We construct both Gini and Theil measures of inequality, using grouped data. We find a … capitalist period post-1990. The income interval data shows a clearer pattern of a secular increase in inequality that is sharper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490267
associated with the process of transition has led to substantial increases in inequality, thereby complicating the process of … income inequality in Poland during the transition was actually quite modest. Our analysis indicates that social transfers … played an important role in attenuating the rise in overall income inequality and, by extension, in maintaining the social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113166
We analyse the extent and evolution of informality and inequality in the Serbian labour market between 2002 and 2007 …-oriented reforms. Second, the level of inequality in earnings seems to have remained more or less constant over the period, in contrast … important role in explaining earnings inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552482
We analyse the extent and evolution of informality and inequality in the Serbian labour market between 2002 and 2007 …-oriented reforms. Second, the level of inequality in earnings seems to have remained more or less constant over the period, in contrast … important role in explaining earnings inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010768981
earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistency problems related to top coding in theses data have led many … summary measure of inequality. With access to public use and restricted-access internal CPS data, and bounding methods, we … show that using P90/P10 does not completely obviate time-inconsistency problems, especially for household income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763901
earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistency problems related to top coding in theses data have led many … summary measure of inequality. With access to public use and restricted-access internal CPS data, and bounding methods, we … show that using P90/P10 does not completely obviate time inconsistency problems, especially for household income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005058773
Nearly 20 years after unification large differences of the labor market situation in East and West Germany persist. Wages are still considerably lower, the unemployment rate is about twice of the West German level, and the competitiveness of the East German economy seems to be low. This paper...
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is considered a relevant factor of Chinese economic growth particularly for the coastal region. The aim of this paper is to understand what determined the location of FDI in China during the economic transition from the early 1980’s up to the Asian crisis. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895713