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This paper investigates the relationship between individual labour market outcomes, household income and expenditure …). We begin by discussing and summarising measures of income and expenditure calculated from the HES. We next examine the … relationship between individual labour market outcomes, and household income and expenditure for households with different …
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authors focus on four aspects of distribution outcomes: (1) earnings and income inequality; (2) the relative earnings of the … income in Canada during the 1990s. …
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the argument for such a measure. Using new data, I examine whether the current remarkable homogeneity in the income share … appropriate about 50 per cent of the national income). Although partly written in response to a comment on my 2011 paper, this …
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A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … disposable incomes is small because low wage earners are scattered over the whole income distribution and wage increases would to …
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This paper considers the phenomenon of income mobility during the process of economic transition in Russia. The study … sharp changes in the distribution of income among Russian households. Simultaneously with the emergence of the Russian … nouveau rich, whole strata of the population have seen their sources of income dry up, and their life savings wiped out in the …
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A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … disposable incomes is small because low wage earners are scattered over the whole income distribution and wage increases would to …
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En este trabajo se analizan los cambios en la desigualdad producidos durante el período 1998-2005. Se presenta un conjunto de resultados que pueden contribuir a entender mejor los cambios en la desigualdad. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la desigualdad distributiva observada entre ambos...
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Do minimum wage policies reduce poverty in developing countries? It depends. Raising the minimum wage could increase or decrease poverty, depending on labor market characteristics. Minimum wages target formal sector workers—a minority of workers in most developing countries—many of whom do...
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Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a … not not concentrated in the lower parts but rather scattered over the income distribution. Wage increases often substitute …
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increasing local income without crowding out local agricultural activities. Finally, a decomposition of household income … inequality by source highlights the strongly equalizing effect of the program on peasants' income. © 2014 The Earth Institute at …
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