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exibility and usefulness of UQR methods. Our application for the case of Argentina shows that education contributed positively … to increased inequality in Argentina, mostly due to the effect of strongly heterogeneous effects of education on earnings …. -- unconditional quantile regression ; income inequality ; education ; Argentina …
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The ‘paradox of progress’ is an empirical regularity that associates more education with larger income inequality. Two … education) and the heterogeneity in its returns, as captured by quantile regressions. We propose a joint least-squares and … case of Argentina 1992 to 2015. …
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This study considers how education and globalization affect income inequality in Asia, with unbalanced panel data. The … indicates that a higher level of education achieved by the population aged 15 and over has improved income distribution in Asia …, while educational inequality, measured by the education Gini index, has a negative effect on income distribution. Higher …
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Research and policy discussion about the diverging fortunes of children from advantaged and disadvantaged households have focused on the skill disparities between these children – how they might arise and how they might be remediated. Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of...
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We conduct an empirical simulation exercise that gauges the plausible impact of increased rates of college attainment on a variety of measures of income inequality and economic insecurity. Using two different methodological approaches-a distributional approach and a causal parameter approach-we...
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The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
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, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in education and health). The …) especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia … the country. When in-kind transfers in education and health are added, however, the bottom six deciles are net recipients …
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, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in education and health). The …), especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia … on the country. When in-kind transfers in education and health are added, however, the bottom six deciles are net …
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studies for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico suggest two main phenomena underlie this trend: a fall in the premium to skilled …
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