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-coefficients were used for measuring earnings inequality. Relative changes in earnings inequality for sickness benefits were explained … earnings, sickness benefits and labour force demography (OECD data) and educational attainment were employed. Method: Gini …
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In this paper we examine the link between wage inequality and consumption inequality using a life cycle model that … the dynamics of consumption, hours, and earnings of two earners in the presence of correlated wage shocks, non …, earnings, assets and consumption. We focus on the importance of family labour supply as an insurance mechanism to wage shocks …
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shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …
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In this paper we examine the link between wage inequality and consumption inequality using a life cycle model that … the dynamics of consumption, hours, and earnings of two earners in the presence of correlated wage shocks, non …, earnings, assets and consumption. We focus on the importance of family labour supply as an insurance mechanism to wage shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290017
-coefficients were used for measuring earnings inequality. Relative changes in earnings inequality for sickness benefits were explained … earnings, sickness benefits and labour force demography (OECD data) and educational attainment were employed. Method: Gini …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003379247
The UK has experienced a dramatic increase in earnings and income inequality over the past four decades. We use … policy shocks lead to a deterioration in earnings, income and consumption inequality and contribute to their fluctuation. The … detailed micro level information to construct quarterly historical measures of inequality from 1969 to 2012. We investigate …
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The UK has experienced a dramatic increase in earnings and income inequality over the past four decades. We use … monetary policy shocks lead to a deterioration in earnings and income inequality and contribute to its fluctuation. Our … detailed micro level information to construct historical measures of inequality from 1968 to 2008. We study whether monetary …
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