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administrative (social security) data from Italy between 1985 and 2016. During the time covered by our data, earnings inequality and … reforms contributed to the slowdown in labor productivity in Italy by delaying human capital accumulation (in the form of …
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This paper studies the evolution of individual earnings inequality and dynamics in Canada from 1983 to 2016 using tax files and administrative records. Linking individual tax filers to their employers (and rich administrative records on firms) beginning in 2001, it also documents the...
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scores and hourly wages, with refugees having the lowest. The wage returns to these basic skills are economically significant … literacy and numeracy skills, and the economic returns to these skills, for Canadian immigrants and non-immigrants. The novelty … compared to those born in Canada, although young immigrants do outperform adult immigrants. Similar results are found for wages …
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score matching techniques and household survey data to estimate the effect of the Internet on wages in Colombia, a country …
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techniques, we find that detailed measures of these factors are all significantly associated with higher wages. Popularity …
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-specific skills. Labor income is a combination of endogenous occupational wages and idiosyncratic shock. Occupational reallocation and … its impact on the economy depend on the transferability of workers' skills across occupations and occupational …
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Job mobility offers opportunities for workers to obtain wage increases, but returns to job changes differ considerably. We argue that parts of this inequality result from a trade-off between occupational and regional mobility. Both mobility types offer alternative strategies to improve one's...
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We develop a dynamic general equilibrium trade model with comparative advantage, heterogeneous firms, heterogeneous workers and endogenous firm entry to study wage inequality during the adjustment after trade liberalization. We find that trade liberalization increases wage inequality both in the...
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combination of transfers to avert financial hardship, skills training that facilitate reintegration into the labour market, and …
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income rank. Part of this variation is explained by the location where the child grew up. Provinces in Northern Italy, the …
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