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Despite an improvement in overall macroeconomic performance in Costa Rica, income inequality has risen and is currently at its maximum historical value. This is in stark contrast with other Latin American countries, which have recently made significant progress in reducing inequality. This study...
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This paper studies the relationship between inequalities in working hours and overall earnings inequality in Germany between 2006 and 2014, and the role of declining collective bargaining coverage. Using data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey (GSES), a variance decomposition of...
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This article provides a comprehensive analysis of labor earnings volatility in Brazil between 2012 and 2023. During … this period, Brazil's economy experienced intense economic growth followed by large recessions, allowing us to assess … changes in volatility over the business cycle. In addition, Brazil's national household survey follows individuals throughout …
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This study provides ex-post evidence on the redistributive impact of the minimumwage on disposable household incomes in Germany. Although the reductionof income inequality and poverty were emphasized as policy goals of the of minimumwage introduction, the distributional literature for Germany...
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from the formal labour market in Brazil. We document the evolution of participation and earnings for both males and females …
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This paper documents the evolution and the determinants of earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector from 1994 to 2015, using establishment level data. In 2015, schooling explained 33 per cent of overall inequality. Firm-specific effects explain 65 per cent of total inequality level and...
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facts on earnings inequality and dynamics in a developing country with a large informal sector: Brazil. Since the mid‐1990s …, both inequality and volatility of earnings have declined significantly in Brazil's formal sector. Higher‐order moments of … the distribution of earnings changes show cyclical movements in Brazil that are similar to those in developed countries …
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Inequality has increased considerably in many Western countries over the past decades. When dealing with economic inequality as a research subject the question "inequality of what among whom" arises. Analyses of inequality are typically concerned with the distribution of wages, earnings or...
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Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings...
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Using a rich longitudinal database, I study the dynamics behind changes in the distribution of annual earnings in Sweden 1991 to 1999. The analysis indicates a systematic increase in persistent earnings differentials during the 1990s; workers with low relative earnings in the beginning of the...
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