natural resource abundance on foreign direct investment (FDI), by focusing on inequality as the channel that links these two … variables. Two arguments in the literature inspire this paper: 1) scholars attribute Latin America’s high income inequality to … its abundance of natural resources; and 2) some scholars argue that income inequality leads to lower investment. I argue …

product market strategies, but also shed light on patterns of income inequality within and between industries.Building on this … contribution of worker and firm reallocation to within-industry changes in earnings inequality. We find that the entry and exit of … distributions over time. However, the importance of these and other factors in driving observed dynamics in earnings inequality …

economic dimensions of this decision, and conclude that political stability, democracy, income inequality, as well as the …

between income inequality and redistribution. Then, it introducesthree specifications to endogenize ERI. In these various … common element in these variousspecifications. While income inequality increases the pressure for redistribution it … empirical evidencefor a positive relationship between income inequality and redistribution.The second substantive essay …

coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … personal income. From a political economy perspective, I also find some evidence that more inequality leads states to implement … redistribution and inequality. …

-biased technological change, social norms about inequality, and the internationalisation of the market for English-speaking CEOs …

heterogeneity and permanent shocks to skills. I find that a large fraction of life-cycle income inequality is driven by match … dynamics and investigate if recent increases in residual inequality are caused by an increase of the variances of permanent …, persistent or transitory shocks. My results suggest that underlying sources of increasing wage inequality are very different …

This thesis consists of three empirical chapters related to distributional outcomes, such as poverty and inequality, in … evolution of income inequality in Vietnam between 1993 and 2006. We construct consistent estimates of annual household income … reduction in inequality between 1993 and 2002 and an unchanged level of inequality between 2002 and 2006. We find that strong …

2001, hereby controlling for cohort effects. Wage inequality has risen sharply during the 1980’s and early 1990’s and … transitory wage inequality and only to a lesser extent to an increase in permanent wage inequality. The transitory component of ….65 over a ten-year period. The constant wage inequality in the second half of the 1990’s is attributed to a slight decrease in …

This paper focuses on the decomposition of observed increases in UK wage inequality since 1979 into the component … causes of increased inequality is substantially altered relative to a long-run factors mobile world. …