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The determinants of income inequality in Thailand: A synthetic cohort analysis

Paweenawat, Sasiwimon Warunsiri; McNown, Robert - In: Journal of Asian Economics 31-32 (2014), pp. 10-21

This paper presents tests and estimates of the human capital model of income inequality using synthetic cohort data for … Thailand: 1992–2011. The model focuses on four primary determinants of income inequality: mean per capita income levels, the … are important sources of income inequality in Thailand, with relative impacts that differ across demographic groups and …

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The dynamic effect of rural-to-urban migration on inequality in source villages : system GMM estimates from rural China

Ha, Wei; Yi, Junjian; Yuan, Ye; Zhang, Junsen - In: China economic review : an international journal 37 (2016), pp. 27-39

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Strong versus Weak Ties in Migration

Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first develop a network model that puts forward the different roles of weak and strong ties in helping workers to migrate to the city. We then use a unique longitudinal data that allows...

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Labor migration, human capital agglomeration and regional development in China

Fu, Yuming; Gabriel, Stuart A. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 3, pp. 473-484

We estimate a skill-based directional migration model to assess the effects of regional human capital agglomeration on labor migration in China. Upon accounting for regional differentials in skill-based compensation, cost-of-living, amenities, and the like, model estimates indicate the...

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Where is the grass greener? : a micro-founded model of migration with application to Guangdong

Simmons, Peter J.; Xie, Yuanyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

study how migrants choose between multiple locations using multiple criteria. Migration should reduce inequality in the …

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Internal Migration in the United States : Rates, Selection, and Destination Choice, 1850-1940

Zimran, Ariell - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

I study the internal migration of native-born white men in the United States using linked census data covering all possible 10- and 20-year periods 1850--1940. Inter-county migration rates were stable over time. Selection into migration on the basis of occupational status was also largely stable...

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Structural reforms and income distribution

Causa, Orsetta; Serres, Alain de; Ruiz, Nicolas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

average household, an indication that they may reduce inequality in disposable incomes. Such is the case of reducing …

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WHY DO MIGRANTS DO BETTER THAN NON-MIGRANTS AT DESTINATION? MIGRATION, CLASS AND INEQUALITY DYNAMICS IN INDIA

VAKULABHARANAM, VAMSI; THAKURATA, SASWATA GUHA - In: The Singapore Economic Review (SER) 59 (2014) 01, pp. 1450003-1

The puzzle that we address in this paper is why migrants at their destination fare better than non-migrants, across different socio-economic classes in India, while the general perception of migrants is that they are less endowed than the locally residing population. We explain this by the...

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Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...

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Housing, wealth accumulation and wealth distribution : evidence and stylized facts

Causa, Orsetta; Woloszko, Nicolas; Leite, David - 2019

residential mobility? iv) Is there a link between homeownership and wealth inequality? Between inequality in housing wealth and in … distribution. Another important issue is whether housing-related policies raise potential trade-offs between equity, or inequality …

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