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Economic internationalisation and the distribution of income : a comparison of the cases of Germany and the U.S.
Wacker, Ulrich - 2002
This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471731
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The effects of technical and organizational change on labor markets
Gärtner, Dennis - 2001
A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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Income Inequality and Racial/Ethnic Infant Mortality in the United States
Jesmin, Syeda Sarah - 2008
The objective of this study was to examine if intra-racial income inequality contributes to higher infant mortality rates (IMRs) for African-Americans. The conceptual framework for this study is derived from Richard Wilkinson's psychosocial environment interpretation of the income inequality and...
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Agricultural Policy Reform and its Impact on Farm Household Income Inequality.
Mishra, Ashok; El-Osta, Hisham; Shaik, Saleem - 2010
therefore depends on a household’s participation in off-farm work and government farm programs. …
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Determinants of economic well-being among U.S. farm operator households.
El-Osta, Hisham S.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Morehart, Mitchell J. - 2007
factors that determine farm household prosperity are the primary operator's education level and ethnicity, education level of … population. The absolute measure adds annualized wealth to a farm household's income. …
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Financial frictions and the wealth distribution
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Hurtado López, Samuel; … - 2020
are important properties of the data. In comparison, the representative household version of the model cannot generate any …
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Wealth inequality and household structure : US vs. Spain
Bover Hidiroglu, Olympia - 2008
We study the link between culturally inherited household structure and wealth distribution in international comparisons … using household data for the US and Spain (the SCF and the EFF). We estimate counterfactual US distributions relying on the … Spanish household structure. Our results show that differences in household structure account for most of the differences in …
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