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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 …

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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,...

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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy : Honduras, 1991-2007

Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos, Carlos - 2012

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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Wages of migrant and native employees in Germany : new light on an old issue

Brunow, Stephan; Jost, Oskar - 2019

The German workforce is expected to decline in future and labour-oriented immigration should counteract labour shortages. Fair wages in Germany set incentives for foreigners to immigrate there. Therefore this paper aims to shed new light on the decomposition of the wage gap between foreign and...

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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences

Immel, Lea - 2021

Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...

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