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We characterize the salient features of the distribution of earnings and earnings changes of formal workers in Mexico …
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We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality increased in Honduras until 2005, while it was falling in most other Latin American countries. Using annual household surveys, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005,...
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We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality increased in Honduras until 2005, while it was falling in most other Latin American countries. Using annual household surveys, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009491185
This study provides new evidence on skill requirements in the labor market and shows to what extent skill demand is associated with wages and vacancy duration. Using more than 1.5 million job postings administered by the Austrian public employment service, I identify the most common skill...
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We examine the impact of changes in local labor market concentration on two components of income inequality in Mexico …
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areas are worse off compared to minorities in other areas, there may be scope for policy to incentivise mobility of specific …
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In this paper I investigate the causal relationship between labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility … between the income of parents and that of their children. To understand the implications of polarization on economic mobility …, I develop a model that accounts for labor market polarization, spatial heterogeneity and intergenerational mobility …
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In this paper we contrast the impact of the income gap between formal and informal sector on Mexico's income inequality …
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This paper examines the short- and long-term effects of urbanization, via favorable urban development policies, on income distribution and social welfare for a developing country. The urban manufacturing sector is characterized by imperfect competition and free entry. Urbanization shifts rural...
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Estimating economic earnings mobility is imperative for understanding the degree to which low pay employment is a …
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