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Changes in Korean wage inequality, 1980-2005
Kang, Byung-goo (contributor); Yun, Myeong-Su (contributor) - 2008
Korea is known not only for rapid economic growth but also relatively low wage inequality. It is one of the few countries in which wage inequality decreased during the 1980s, though in recent years wage inequality has increased. This paper studies what factors contributed to the changes in wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769605
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Ethnic conflict and economic disparity : Serbians & Albanians in Kosovo
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003356995
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Ethnic conflict and economic disparity : Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2006
Using the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo we investigate the comparative economic well-being of Serbs and Albanians. An Oaxaca decomposition shows Serb households are both better endowed with income generating characteristics, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003698735
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Ethnic conflict and economic disparity : Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2005
We use the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo to examine economic deprivation among Serbs and Albanians. Economic deprivation is measured by per capita household expenditure and by the incidence of poverty as captured by the headcount ratio. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248237
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Ethnic conflict and economic disparity : Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 34 (2006) 4, pp. 754-773
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003397104
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Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity : Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2021
We use the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo to examine economic deprivation among Serbs and Albanians. Economic deprivation is measured by per capita household expenditure and by the incidence of poverty as captured by the headcount ratio. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318239
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Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity : Serbians & Albanians in Kosovo
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2008
We use the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo to examine economic deprivation among Serbs and Albanians. Economic deprivation is measured by per capita household expenditure and by the incidence of poverty as captured by the headcount ratio. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057847
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396830
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Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532987
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Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377326