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How do social networks affect labor markets?
Schmutte, Ian - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
, which brings into question the effect they may have on inequality between and within different groups of workers. …
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Why do we need longitudinal survey data?
Joshi, Heather - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Information from longitudinal surveys transforms snapshots of a given moment into something with a time dimension. It illuminates patterns of events within an individual’s life and records mobility and immobility between older and younger generations. It can track the different pathways of men...
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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014), pp. 1-13
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration...
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Socioeconomic-related inequalities in child malnutrition: Evidence from the Ghana multiple indicator cluster survey
Novignon, Jacob; Aboagye, Emmanuel; Agyemang, Otuo Serebour - In: Health Economics Review 5 (2015) 34, pp. 1-12
inequalities across various household characteristics. This study examined the influence of socioeconomic factors on inequality in … nature of inequality in child malnutrition. Secondly, concentration indices were computed to quantify the magnitude of … inequality. Thirdly, decomposition analysis was conducted to determine the role of mother's education and health insurance …
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Violent Conflicts Increase Income Inequality
Vothknecht, Marc - In: Weekly Report 5 (2009) 35, pp. 237-241
influence the distribution of income within a society; a cross-country analysis shows that income inequality increases as a …
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Perceived Income Justice Depends on the Economy
Liebig, Stefan; Valet, Peter; Schupp, Jürgen - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 24, pp. 187-192
At least half of all employees in Germany described their wages in all three survey years under consideration here - 2005, 2007, and 2009 - as just. Still, major changes occurred over this period in how people perceived their earnings. Data from the Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) Study show that...
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The Consequences of Inequality: A New Measure of Human Development
Xu, Guo; Hümmer, Veronika - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 35, pp. 259-262
published a revised measure that also accounts for inequality (IHDI). Countries subject to severe social disparities …
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Zunehmende Ungleichheit der Markteinkommen: reale Zuwächse nur für Reiche
Bach, Stefan; Steiner, Viktor - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 13, pp. 193-198
Über die 90er Jahre hat die Ungleichheit der am Markt erzielten Bruttoeinkommen - Löhne und Gehälter, Unternehmer- sowie Vermögenseinkommen - in Deutschland zugenommen. Während die preisbereinigten Einkommen im Durchschnitt konstant blieben, gab es für die oberen 10 % der...
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Vermögen in Deutschland wesentlich ungleicher verteilt als Einkommen
Grabka, Markus M.; Frick, Joachim R. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 45, pp. 665-672
Das private Vermögen in Deutschland ist vor dem Hintergrund der Erbschaftsteuerreform und der zunehmenden Privatisierung der sozialen Vorsorge verstärkt in den Blickpunkt der wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Diskussion gerückt. Mit den Ergebnissen der Vermögenserhebung im Rahmen des...
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Immer mehr Erwerbstätige empfinden ihr Einkommen als ungerecht
Liebig, Stefan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 31, pp. 434-440
Seit einiger Zeit mehren sich die Stimmen, die für Deutschland eine "soziale Schieflage" konstatieren und im Namen sozialer Gerechtigkeit Korrekturen fordern. So haben die Reallöhne in den vergangenen Jahren stagniert, teilweise sind sie sogar zurückgegangen. Zugleich kann eine Zunahme von...
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