In this paper I investigate the impact of informality on earnings inequality in Russia using RLMS-HSE data for 2000 …-2010. I find that during the whole period earnings inequality was substantially higher in the informal sector. Informality … increases earnings polarization, thereby widening both tails of the distribution. Changes in the earning distribution of the …

In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … prejudice is quantitatively more important than skill differences to explain wage and employment gaps. In the final section of …

data to examine the effects of losing a parent on individual labor market outcomes and its contribution to gender earnings … family support channels. Our findings reveal that the death of a parent has enduring negative effects on the earnings of both …' deaths on daughters' earnings outweighs that of fathers' deaths. Consequently, mothers' deaths can account for 10% of the …

model is used to consistently recover the full distribution of wages accounting for systematic differences in employment …We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US. A quantile selection …

to be employed and generally earning less than men. Larger households are associated with lower employment probabilities …. Having a university education is associated with being employed with higher earnings, compared to workers with either primary … or secondary education. Having never been married is positively associated with being employed. Employment and income …