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Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality, and the Opening of People's Republic of China's Economy
Hertel, Thomas; Zhai, Fan - 2004
, using a household-disaggregated, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of People's Republic of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507174
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Causes of changing earnings inequality
Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272949
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Trade liberalization and labor market in developing countries: Theory and evidence
Arbache, Jorge Saba - 2001
This paper presents a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of trade liberalization on the labor markets of developing countries. We discuss models which seek to explain the empirical finding that openness has increased wage inequality in several developing countries.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290701
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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: The recent Brazilian experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo; Son, Hyun H. - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273493
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The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: Evidence from Latin American countries
Costa, Joana; Silva, Elydia; Vaz, Fábio - 2009
This Working Paper investigates the possible link between gender inequalities in the labour market and significant economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight Latin American countries. We consider four aspects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293303
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Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequalities in the Visegrad Group Countries
Szczepaniak, Małgorzata; Szulc-Obłoza, Agnieszka - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 3, pp. 75-90
The diversity of the labour market in the Visegrad Group countries is presented in the article from an institutional perspective. Institutions such as different tax and transfer policies, employment protection legislation, or active and passive labour market policies can affect not only the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204641
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Global income distribution and poverty: Implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010
population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …. While high economic growth rates in China and India may lift millions out of poverty, high population growth and stagnation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272101
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Aggregate savings and external imbalances in China
Yang, Dennis Tao - 2012
Over the last decade, the internal and external macroeconomic imbalances in China have risen to unprecedented levels …. In 2008, China's national savings rate soared to over 53 percent of its GDP, whereas its current account surplus exceeded …, the accession of China to the World Trade Organization has dramatically amplified the effects of these structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289985
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Unemployment and the rising number of non-workers in urban China: Causes and distributional consequences
Gustafsson, Björn; Ding, Sai - 2011
Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291950
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The political economy of rural development in China: reflections on current rural policy
Christiansen, Flemming; Zhang, Heather Xiaoquan - 2009
The paper examines some of the main political economy dynamics of the policy initiatives on rural development that have been taken since 2003, and provides an overview of the main issues that they are addressing. The paper first outlines the major agrarian problems that have emerged over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302287