and with different rates of adaptation to the economic reality of the 1990s. The covariance structure of earnings is … in earnings instability. The Nordic/Flexicurity countries have a lower overall inequality, a lower persistent inequality … and a higher earnings mobility. These cross-national differences in persistent inequality and earnings instability across …

earnings for a variety of models using the GMM estimator. The program estimates models that incorporate time factor loadings …

earnings inequality. Our results show that three quarters of the observed cross-country differences in aggregate inequality in …

This paper exploits a large-scale administrative dataset to document trends in male earnings inequality in Luxembourg … transitory components of log hourly earnings variance. Given the importance of foreign labour in Luxembourg, models and … increase in overall hourly earnings inequality between 1988 and 2009. This apparent stability is however the net result of …

This paper looks at longitudinal aspects of changes in Italian male earnings inequality since the late 1970s by … decomposing the earnings autocovariance structure into its persistent and transitory parts. Cross-sectional earnings differentials … earnings component and is due both to a divergence of earnings profiles over the working career and an increase in overall …

I decompose the variance of earnings of Finnish male and female workers to its permanent and transitory components and … study their evolution between the years 1998 and 2007. I find that the increasing earnings inequality of men and women is … driven by both transitory and permanent components of earnings. In addition, I find considerable differences in earnings …

covariance structure of earnings in Ireland to examine whether this rapid growth affected earnings dynamics over the period …

transitory variance of earnings. The model is also used to evaluate the earnings instability associated with fixed-term contract … (short-tenure contracts) in Italy. Our results indicate that each year of tenure on the job reduces earnings instability on … average by 15%. Workers on a fixed-term contract on average have an earnings instability 10% higher than workers on a …

transitory variance of earnings. The model is also used to evaluate earnings instability associated with fixed-term contracts … (short-tenure contracts) in Italy. Our results indicate that each year of tenure on the job reduces earnings instability on … average by 15%. Workers on a fixed-term contract on average have an earnings instability 10% higher than workers on a …

We study the implications of incarceration for the earnings and employment of different groups, characterized by their … other persistent and transitory nonemployment and earnings risks, and accounts for nonresponse bias. We estimate the model … individuals. The consequences of incarceration are enormous: First-time incarceration reduces expected lifetime earnings by 39 …