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We seek to quantify the role of education as a mechanism through which family background affects earnings. To this end, we propose a generalisation of statistical 'mediation analysis'. In our approach, the treatment and mediator can be multidimensional. This allows us to directly and flexibly...
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Many studies have estimated the effect of circumstances on income acquisition. Perhaps surprisingly, the fraction of … accomplishments, other environmental circumstances, and the income as an adult, we compute that the fraction of income inequality due …
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wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge. We measure ex-ante IOp in net wealth for Germany using data from …
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wealth and income distribution can significantly diverge. We measure ex-ante IOp in net wealth for Germany using data from …
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This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present … work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional … opportunity ; income inequality …
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of age in a more polarized labor market, while the substantial rise in the income shares of the top 1 percent, their …
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income and likewise over achieved years of education. Gathering information for Bolivia and applying the theoretical scheme … analysis, we find that the identified circumstances are a vital part of income determination, and even more significant part in … education level determination in Bolivia. However, we also evidence that within ten years the conditioning of income to those …
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recent span of time, employing better measures of given characteristics, and analyzing IOp for household income per capita … with comparisons to individual income. Furthermore, we study how IOp differs between the rural- and urban-born, and how IOp … changes across birth cohorts and with age. We use 2002, 2013 and 2018 data from the Chinese Household Income Study and focus …
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portion of total income inequality, with values ranging from 30 to 50 percent according to the standard deviation of logs. For …
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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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