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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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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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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484032
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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers : industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high-, medium-, and low-skilled workers. Com- pared to other studies, I investigate this question using a considerably richer data set with respect to the length of time series, set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003953009
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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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The effects of the minimum wage on earnings inequality : evidence from China
Lin, Carl; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2016
The minimum wage has been regarded as an important element of public policy for reducing poverty and inequality. Increasing the minimum wage is supposed to raise earnings for millions of low-wage workers and therefore lower earnings inequality. However, there is no consensus in the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452194