This paper presents a methodology to estimate the individual gender wage gap as the difference between wages of the women and their counterfactuals defined by Coarsened Exact Matching. If the women show a higher wage than comparable men, then it is called positive gap. Using eight surveys...

Empirical studies of intergenerational social mobility have found that women are more mobile than men. To explain this finding, we describe a model of multi-trait matching and inheritance, in which individuals’ attractiveness in the marriage market depends on their market and non-market...

(english) Differences in labour force attachment across gender are important to explain the extent of the gender earnings gap. However, measures of women's professional experience are particularly prone to errors given discontinuity in labour market participation. For instance, the classical...

Differences in labour force attachment across gender are important to explain the extent of the gender earnings gap. However, measures of women's professional experience are particularly prone to errors given discontinuity in labour market participation. For instance, the classical Mincerian...

Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an effective breast milk substitute. In addition, improved...

There is a trend among employers to prefer Defined Contribution instead of Defined Benfit pension plans, since the former transfer all risks associated with investment return, longevity, etc from the employer to the employee. However, Defined Contribution plans also allow the individual to enter...

Magyarországon 2001-ben 57 százalékkal, 2002-ben újabb 25 százalékkal emelkedett a minimálbér. Az emelések hatásait vizsgáló tanulmányok a foglalkoztatási hatásokra koncentráltak, nem foglalkoztak az újraelosztási szempontokkal. Ebben a cikkben a KSH háztartási...

Many literatures investigate the causal impact of income on economic outcomes, for example in the context of intergenerational transmission or well-being and health. Some studies have proposed to use employer wage differentials and in particular industry affiliation as an instrument for income....

En este trabajo se analizan los cambios en la desigualdad producidos durante el período 1998-2005. Se presenta un conjunto de resultados que pueden contribuir a entender mejor los cambios en la desigualdad. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la desigualdad distributiva observada entre ambos...

Este trabalho investiga a contribuição dos rendimentos do funcionalismo público para a evolução da desigualdade da distribuição da renda no Brasil, medida através do índice de Gini. Utilizando dados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) de 1995 a 2009, é analisada...