This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in …

This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in …

The degree of income inequality in Sweden has varied substantially since the 1970s. This study analyzes whether this … measures of income inequality to evaluate which part of the distribution that matters most in determining crime rates. Our …

We examine how structural reforms relate to income inequality. We employ many indicators of structural reforms and use … data for market and net income inequality. The dataset includes up to 135 countries since 1960. The results do not suggest … that market-oriented structural reforms were associated with rising income inequality in the full sample. Trade and …

This paper examines the impact of labour market and product market reforms on income inequality for 25 OECD countries …. Our results suggest that both types of (endogenized) reforms cause more income inequality. Consistent with this finding is … that counter-reforms lead to less income inequality. However, the inequality-raising effects of reforms occur especially in …

developing countries. Applying inequality indices and Fields' (2001) decomposition methodology to Bolivian household survey data … of the years 1989 to 1997, we identify recent trends in wage inequality of urban Bolivia. Using a rent-based dual …

were affected by the reforms to estimate the causal effect of the Hartz reforms on income inequality. My results suggest … that the Hartz reforms have led to a small increase in income inequality. Testing for potential transmission channels, I … find that the increase in inequality is partly due to a direct monetary impact of the last Hartz reform, Hartz IV, on the …