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Inequality and earnings dynamics in France: National policies and local consequences

Kramarz, Francis; Nimier-David, Elio; Delemotte, Thomas - In: Quantitative Economics 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1527-1591

This paper provides new stylized facts about labor earnings inequality and dynamics in France for the period 1991 …-2016. Using linked employer-employee data, we show that (i) labor inequality in France is low compared to other developed … decreased before 2009 and then increased until 2016, (v) Individual earnings mobility is stable between 1991 and 2016, and very …

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Re-examining the Brazilian South-Northeast labour income gap : a decomposition approach

Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho; Silveira Neto, Raul da Mota - 2021

The purpose of this article is to provide new evidence about the sources of regional income inequalities in Brazil along the wage distribution, taking into account the regional differentials in purchasing power. We use a unique and recent regional purchasing power index to adjust nominal values...

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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences

Immel, Lea - 2021

Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...

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Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria overtime. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414158

Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472036

Income Mobility and Economic Inequality from a Regional Perspective

Prieto-Rodriguez, Juan - 2011

A necessary condition for mobility to reduce the popular desire for redistribution is a significant positive … correlation between inequality and mobility. In Prieto et al. (2008), a significant positive relationship was found at the ….Total mobility is decomposed into three terms: growth, dispersion and exchange. We show that this positive relationship is robust by …

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The geographical dimension of income and consumption inequality : evidence from the Attica Metropolitan Region of Greece

Psycharis, Yannis; Geōrgiadēs, Thōmas; Nikolopoulos, … - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 10 (2023) 1, pp. 183-197

This paper aims at examining interpersonal income and consumption inequality within the Attica Metropolitan Region, which includes Athens, the largest metropolis of Greece. It also aims to make comparisons between Attica and the rest of the country. The analysis is based on income and...

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Spatial consumption inequality in Mozambique

Gradín, Carlos - 2024

In this paper, I show that the trend in spatial inequality in Mozambique almost entirely explains the outstanding surge in inequality in the country over the past decade, as well as its decline immediately after the pandemic, in contrast to its secondary role in the earliest years. For this...

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On the link between job polarisation and wage inequality : a regional approach for Germany

Reinhold, Mario - 2016

Job polarisation and increasing wage inequality is observed in many rich countries, including Germany. Both phenomena are well-discussed in international literature, though a link can only be observed in the U.S. I assess the impact of job polarisation upon wage inequality in Germany by...

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Inequality trends in Sweden 1978 - 2004

Domeij, David; Flodén, Martin - 2009

We document a clear increase in Swedish earnings inequality in the early 1990s. Inequality in disposable income and earnings net of taxes and transfers also increased, but much less than the increased inequality in pre-government earnings. These different developments are most likely explained...

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