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This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985- 2016. The deep recession in the … early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the … in real earnings across the entire distribution for men and women and decreasing inequality over more than 20 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694689
This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985-2016. The deep recession in the early … 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact … real earnings across the entire distribution for men and women and decreasing inequality over more than 20 years. Despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306326
to maintain their real wages by reducing labor demand still further. Furthermore, we argue inflationary pressures have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448558
Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element …, measures of inequality that ignore intrahousehold allocations are both incomplete and misleading. We discuss determinants of …
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The extent to which like-with like marry is important for inequality as well as for the outcomes of children that … inequality in the UK. Our approach contrasts with others in the literature in that it is consistent with an underlying model of … of 1945-54 and 1965-74. We find that changes in assortativeness pushed income inequality up slightly, but that the strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838528
The 2008 Great Recession was notable in the UK for three things: the enormity of the output shock; the muted unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which finds most of the decline in productivity is within sector and within firm before presenting new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288222
The 2008 Great Recession was notable in the UK for three things: the enormity of the output shock; the muted unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which finds most of the decline in productivity is within sector and within firm before presenting new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281607
The 2008 Great Recession was notable in the UK for three things: the enormity of the output shock; the muted unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which finds most of the decline in productivity is within sector and within firm before presenting new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016400
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We investigate partial insurance and group risk sharing in extended family networks. Our approach is based on decomposing income shocks into group aggregate and idiosyncratic components, allowing us to measure the extent to which each is insured, having accounted for public insurance programs....
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