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Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution … of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic … growth in general, but also that differences in economic inequality across the American continent during the 19th century are …
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"Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal … distribution of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic … growth in general, but also that differences in economic inequality across the American continent during the 19th century are …
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role in US wage inequality. We also propose a methodology for evaluating the full general equilibrium effects of task … groups). Our quantitative evaluation based on this methodology explains how major changes in wage inequality can go hand …
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This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until...
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We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior...
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