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Inequality, income dynamics, and transitions of Mexican workers
Puggioni, Daniela; Calderón, Mariana; Cebreros, Alfonso; … - 2022
We characterize the salient features of the distribution of earnings and earnings changes of formal workers in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013464810
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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy : Honduras, 1991 - 2007
Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos Barría, Carlos - 2012
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/10009490566
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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy : Honduras, 1991-2007
Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos, Carlos - 2012
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
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Skill demand and wages : evidence from linked vacancy data
Ziegler, Lennart - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583545
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Monopsony power and labor income inequality in Mexico
Cazzuffi, Chiara; Pereira-López, Mariana; Rosales, Irving - 2023
We examine the impact of changes in local labor market concentration on two components of income inequality in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014455470
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Spatial-ethnic inequalities : the role of location in the estimation of ethnic wage differentials
Longhi, Simonetta - 2017
areas are worse off compared to minorities in other areas, there may be scope for policy to incentivise mobility of specific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737506
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Labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility : theory and evidence
Hennig, Jan-Luca - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326554
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Can informality explain inequality? : the case of Mexico, 1987-1999
Cortez, Willy W.; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas - 2012
In this paper we contrast the impact of the income gap between formal and informal sector on Mexico's income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665526
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Urban development, excessive entry of firms and wage inequality in developing countries
Beladi, Hamid; Chao, Chi-Chur; Ee, Mong Shan; Hollas, … - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594265
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Not much bounce in the springboard : on the mobility of low pay workers
Pacheco, Gail; Plum, Alexander T.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2020
Estimating economic earnings mobility is imperative for understanding the degree to which low pay employment is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158771