after adjusting for a number of potential biases. In addition, we find evidence on inequality in pre-Columbian times. Given … the low educational level and the high inequality reigning before the Spanish Conquest in the Andean region, we argue that …

workers enjoy a better distribution of wages, but the attribution of the gap to wage inequality and human capital …

We analyze the impact of globalization upon education and inequality in advanced countries (the North) and upon the …-optimal state. Its impacts on the skill endowment and inequality depend on the intensity of the globalization shock and on the … work and upon the following generations in terms of income and inequality. Finally, there is a threshold value of the skill …

inequality (+1.2 percentage points in the Theil inequality index). Much greater effects can be obtained if total factor …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the short-run, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: effi ciency and inequality e¤ects are roughly proportional …

that the different social group sizes and the sociocultural differences suffice to generate earnings inequality between the … (combinations of) skills and the predicted patterns of income inequality comply with the scale puzzle under fairly general …