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inequality, and analyses how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other comparable … enabled a reduction in wage income inequality, as well as in per capita income inequality, albeit to a lesser extent … document analyses the level of inequality in Spain and how it evolved over the course of the past crisis and the early stages …
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and wealth inequality, and analyses how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in … falling unemployment has enabled a reduction in wage income inequality, as well as in per capita income inequality, albeit to …"This document analyses the level of inequality in Spain and how it evolved over the course of the past crisis and the …
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the average wage and a reduction in employment of -0.46%. There is evidence that increases in the private sector minimum … wages on the wages workers in smallfirms or the self-employed. Separate estimates of the wage and employment effects for …Taking advantage of a complex minimum wage structure in Honduras, this paper examines how changes in minimum wages over …
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Recent interest has been stimulated by the growth of income inequality in most developed countries during the 1980s and … development. This article uses a measure of income inequality derived from taxation statistics and a recently proposed method for … testing long-run Granger non-causality to examine the key determinants of Australia's inequality for the years 1970–2001. In …
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, income inequality consistently shows a negative impact on employment growth in the construction sector, and results are mixed …This paper revisits the inequality-growth relationship accounting for sectoral differences and focusing on US counties …. For 8 two-digit industries of the NAICS classification, we estimated a conditional growth model where employment growth …
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This paper focuses on the causes of increased wage inequality in OECD countries in recent years and its decomposition …. In particular, if the observed wage inequality response to price and technology shocks reflects a short-run response in …, when this may not be the case. Incorrect conclusions as to how trade surges and technology contribute to wage inequality …
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show that income inequality of reference group of husbands in age-regional cross sections can be a predictor of their wives …
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-led development to raise employment incomes in low-wage manufacturing is constrained and depends on how the benefits of productivity … dynamics of the expansion of low-wage manufacturing in the developing world. In this framework, the ability of productivity … will likely compromise this form of export-led employment growth. …
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reducing inequality. Educated workers in these countries have a much lower birth rate than uneducated workers. Assuming … incorporating this effect generates multiple stedy-state levels of inequality, suggesting that in some circumstances, temporarily … increasing access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the …
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: one linking wage bargaining, incomes policy, and competitiveness, and the other linking partisanship, political … centralization is necessary for wage restraint and training on a large scale, but this in turn requires a political coalition that … subsidizes such training. When both are present, wage restraint generates external competitiveness, whereas wage compression …
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