in Nigeria. Second, there are no within gender disparities of the shift to democracy on income and returns to education …, across and within gender, post democracy in Nigeria is explored. I make use of simple econometric tools to test two null … democracy, gender differences exist. Specifically, I find on average higher income benefits for men post democracy. Nigeria …

in Nigeria. Second, there are no within gender disparities of the shift to democracy on income and returns to education … find inequality has increased post democracy in Nigeria, more so among women than men. -- Gender ; democracy ; income gap …, across and within gender, post democracy in Nigeria is explored. I make use of simple econometric tools to test two null …

-biased technological progress and use cross-country panel data on inequality and GDP to test these ideas. A one-year increase in the level …

differences. Finally, we find that inequality in human capital distribution increases in time and that, in the long run …, inequality always promotes growth. …

2013, we provide consistent estimates of the gender wage gap in urban China and investigate those factors that have …. Based on new data for 2013, however, we find that from 2007 to 2013 the gender wage gap narrowed. For 2013 we estimate the … gender wage gap at between 19 percent and 25 percent. Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions reveal that the contributions of the …

employment and distinct aspects of the wage distribution - wage levels, wage gaps, and poverty and inequality indicators - with … wages of more educated workers declined, bringing forth reductions in poverty and inequality. Second, I build a model that … percent of the occupational downgrading and around 80 percent of the changes in wage levels, inequality, and poverty during …

Rapid education expansion and rising income inequality are two striking phenomena occurring in China during the … labor market and work less time; all of these will have a pronounced impact on earning and income inequality. Quantile … reforming the education system and establishing a competitive labor market helps less in reducing income inequality …

points of the earnings distribution; how education affects earnings inequality; and how much of the gender gap in earnings … increase in inequality for workers paid weekly and reduced inequality for those paid daily and monthly. Significant gender gaps … can be attributed to gender differences in educational attainment. Results show heterogenous effects of education on …