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Job polarization and the declining fortunes of the young : evidence from the United Kingdom
Dabla-Norris, Era; Pizzinelli, Carlo; Rappaport, Jay - 2019
earnings inequality. Using quarterly labor force data for the UK over the period 2000-2018, we find clear life-cycle profiles … in the probability of being employed within each occupation type and wages earned therein. Cohort plots and econometric … particularly significant for low-skill women: estimated cohort effects point to a fall in wages within each occupation as well as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112127
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Pandemics and inequality : perceptions and preferences for redistribution
Balasundharam, Vybhavi; Dabla-Norris, Era - 2021
about the future, and attitudes about redistribution. We find that women, non-college educated, the unemployed, and those in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518743
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The political economy of inclusive growth : a review
Dutzler, Barbara; Johnson, Simon; Muthoora, Priscilla - 2021
on the demand and supply side have weakened redistribution over time and contributed to a new wave of populism. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518977
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Personal income tax progressivity : trends and implications
Gerber, Claudia; Klemm, Alexander; Liu, Li; Mylonas, Victor - 2018
This paper discusses how the structure of the tax system affects its progressivity. It suggests a measure of progressive capacity of tax systems, based on the Kakwani index, but independent of pre-tax income distributions. Using this and other progressivity measures, the paper (i) documents a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978377
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Trade, jobs, and inequality
Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021
higher average wages; thus any relatively slower employment growth in this group of firms could lead to lower inequality …This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605685
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Are low-skill women being left behind? : labor market evidence from the UK
Dabla-Norris, Era; Pizzinelli, Carlo; Rappaport, Jay - 2022
Labor markets in the UK have been characterized by markedly widening wage inequality for lowskill (non-college) women …, period, and cohort effects for the likelihood of employment in different occupations and the wages earned therein over 2001 … relative to high-paying abstract jobs. However, cohort effects also underpin falling wages for post-1980 cohorts across all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170024
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Measuring the redistributive capacity of tax policies
Vellutini, Charles; Benítez, Juan Carlos - 2021
This paper presents a novel technique to measure and compare the redistributive capacity of observed tax (or transfer) policies. The technique is based on income distribution simulations and controls for differences in pre-tax income distributions. It assumes that the only information on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796327
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Consumption and Income Inequality in Poland During the Economic Transition
Prasad, Eswar - 1999
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that income inequality in Poland increased substantially following the … overall income inequality increased during the initial stages of the transition but then declined to pre-transition levels …. Consumption distributions reveal a similar pattern. However, earnings inequality did increase markedly after the transition and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403464
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The Long-Run Effects of Tradeon Income and Income Growth
Brunner, Allan D. - 2003
This paper examines the dynamic relationship between trade and income. While most economists agree that increased trade leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate of the economy. Using a dynamic panel data model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404012
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Income inequality in small states and the Caribbean : stylized facts and determinants
McIntyre, Meredith A.; Bejar, Pablo; Komatsuzaki, Takuji; … - 2021
indicators will support increased redistribution and reduce income inequality …Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical … work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518290