This paper provides a full analysis of the transformation of the female labor market in Taiwan between 1979 and 1994. It is based on estimates of both labor income and labor supply functions over time. In order to disentangle the effects of changes in prices, in behavior and in the...

This paper studies the mechanisms underlying the apparent stability of the income distribution in Taiwan. An original decomposition methodology based on micro-simulation techniques is proposed. Applied to the distribution of income in Taiwan since 1979 it permits isolating the respective impact...

This paper provides a full analysis of the transformation of the female labor market in Taiwan between 1979 and 1994. The authors emphasize the role of education, in relation both to the impressive increase in educational attainment and to its rising return on the labor market.

This paper studies the mechanisms underlying the apparent stability of the income distribution in Taiwan. An original decomposition methodology based on micro-simulation techniques is proposed. Applied to the distribution of income in Taiwan since 1979 it permits isolating the respective impact...