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Skill heterogeneity and market labour income inequality

Medrano Adán, Luís Ángel; Salas-Fumás, Vicente; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 15 (2024) 2, pp. 203-234

occupational choices in economies that differ in the distribution of skill and in the efficiency of supervision hierarchies, the …

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Labour Markets in EMU - What has changed and what needs to change

Bertola, Giuseppe - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2008

This paper reviews theoretical and empirical aspects of the interaction between Europe's Economic and Monetary Union and recent labour market developments. Policies meant to increase and stabilize labour incomes also tend to reduce employment and productivity, theory suggests that the latter...

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Health and labour income of wage earners and self-employed workers in Cameroon

Fomba Kamga, Benjamin; Kengne Kamga, Arline; Audibert, … - 2013

The objective of this paper is to assess the relationship between the health and the income from work of wage earners and self-employed workers in Cameroon. Health status is measured by a self-assessment of an individual's health; and income is measured by the monthly wage of the wage earners...

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The distribution of income in Central America

Gindling, Thomas; Trejos S., Juan Diego - 2013

2009. In the 1990s Costa Rica had the most equal distribution of income in Central America, and one of the most equal …

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Labour income inequality in Mexico: Puzzles solved and unsolved

Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Lustig, Nora - 2017

We analyse the evolution and proximate determinants of labour income inequality in Mexico between 1989 and 2017. Labour income inequality increased between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2006. What happened after 2006 is subject to uncertainty. The national labour force survey shows...

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Inequality in Mexico: Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989-2014

Campos Vázquez, Raymundo M.; Lustig, Nora; Scott, John - 2018

the distribution of income. The key component that underlies the "rise-decline-rise again" pattern was the evolution of …

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The Long View: Labour Productivity, Labour Income and Living Standards in Canada

Fisher, Tony; Hostland, Doug - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity, labour income and living standards in Canada. They find that, once the appropriate adjustments are made, the labour share and the non-labour share (composed of profits, interest and...

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Voluntary work and labour income

Bruno, Bruna; Fiorillo, Damiano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The paper studies the effect of voluntary work on labour income for Italian employees. The Heckman and Instrumental Variables methods are used in order to control for self-selection bias of participation in labour market and endogeneity of volunteering. The results show that a wage premium of 3...

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The Distribution of Income in Central America

Gindling, T. H.; Trejos, Juan Diego - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

2009. In the 1990s Costa Rica had the most equal distribution of income in Central America, and one of the most equal …

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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 2. The Distribution of Labour Income

Koske, Isabell; Fournier, Jean-Marc; Wanner, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

This paper explores the role of macroeconomic factors and structural policies in shaping the distribution of labour …. Drawing on empirical analysis of the links between structural policies and the distribution of labour income, the paper looks … rôle des facteurs macroéconomiques et des politiques structurelles comme déterminants de la distribution des revenus du …

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