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The immigrant-native earnings gap across the earnings distribution
Lemos, Sara - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 4/6, pp. 361-369
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Income dynamics in the United Kingdom and the impact of the Covid-19 recession
Bell, Brian; Bloom, Nicholas; Blundell, Jack - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1849-1878
In this paper, we use an employer‐based survey of earnings and hours to set out the key patterns in UK earnings dynamics from 1975 to 2020, with a particular focus on the most recent recession. We demonstrate that (log) earnings changes exhibit strongly procyclical skewness and have become...
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Chapter 6 Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey
Deere, Donald R.; Vesovic, Jelena - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 255-306). 2006
This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …. Following the 1940 Decennial Census, which collected information on educational attainment and on earned income and time worked … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital …
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Income and wages in the South
Heer, Clarence - 1930
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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - 2021
higher among foreign-born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low-income … generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low-income workers …
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Top incomes over the twentieth century : a contrast between continental European and English-speaking countries
Atkinson, Anthony B. (ed.); Piketty, Thomas (ed.) - 2007
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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1803-1847
among foreign‐born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low‐income … the generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low‐income workers …
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Selective schooling systems increase inequality
Burgess, Simon M.; Dickson, Matt; Macmillan, Lindsey - 2014
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Selective schooling systems increase inequality
Burgess, Simon M.; Dickson, Matt; Macmillan, Lindsey - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010407276
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Selective schooling systems increase inequality
Burgess, Simon M.; Dickson, Matt; Macmillan, Lindsey - 2014
We investigate the impact on earnings inequality of a selective education system in which school assignment is based on initial test scores. We use a large, representative household panel survey to compare adult earnings inequality of those growing up under a selective education system with...
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