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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Nopo, Hugo; Peña-Parga, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006, corresponding to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688737
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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994 - 2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña-Parga, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000- 2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246558
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Pena, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045088
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006, corresponding to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139958
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Poverty trends during two recessions and two recoveries : lessons from Sweden 1991-2013
Jonsson, Jan O.; Mood, Carina; Bihagen, Erik - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 3, pp. 1-20
We study cross-sectional and long-term poverty in Sweden over a period spanning two recessions, and discuss changes in … the policy context. We find large increases in absolute poverty and deprivation during the 1990’s recession but much … smaller increases in 2008-2010. While increases in non-employment contributed to increasing poverty in the 1990’s, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660065
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Inequality and the Business Cycle : A Consumption Viewpoint
Johnson, David; Shipp, Stephanie - 1999
of these trends to changes in inflation and unemployment were similar during this period. We find that unemployment does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200422
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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006, corresponding to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276061
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Income inequality in Germany temporarily sinks during crises
Dany-Knedlik, Geraldine; Kriwoluzky, Alexander - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 46, pp. 349-355
This study is the first to investigate the interdependence of income inequality and business cycles in Germany over the past 40 years. These fluctuations in income inequality are important because they are decisive for designing effective and targeted structural redistributive and stabilization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704816
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Zooming in : from aggregate volatility to income distribution
Calderón, César A.; Levy Yeyati, Eduardo - 2009
fluctuations and extreme output events (crises) on unemployment, poverty, and inequality. The authors find robust evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003833076
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Roma children in the transformational recession - Widening ethnic schooling gap and Roma poverty in post-communist Hungary
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2005
(necessary for college entrance). Our results indicate that long-term poverty of the Roma is strongly associated with their high … drop-out rate after 8th grade. Roma poverty has increased considerably with the massive layoffs of unskilled workers since … helps overcoming the adverse effects of long-term poverty on schooling outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494667