Exploring changes in the employment structure and wage inequality in Western Europe using the unconditional quantile regression
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-017-9397-z
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore how shifts in employment structure affect earnings dynamics and wage inequality throughout the wage distribution in four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom). Through… read more here.
Keywords: wage inequality; employment structure; inequality; wage ... See more keywords
Recent trends in wage inequality from an EU perspective: a tale of two convergences
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-019-09436-7
Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of two processes of convergence between European countries, in wage levels and wage distributions, and the extent to which they explain recent trends in wage inequality for the EU as… read more here.
Keywords: trends wage; inequality; inequality perspective; wage ... See more keywords
International trade and within-sector wage inequality: The case of South Korea
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2016.11.001
Abstract: This paper studies which factors contributed to the changes in wage inequality in Korean manufacturing over the last three decades. By adopting Akerman et al. (2013)’s decomposition method, we examine the relative importance of within-sector… read more here.
Keywords: wage inequality; sector wage; wage; within sector ... See more keywords
Pollution mitigation, unemployment rate and wage inequality in the presence of agricultural pollution
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101425
Abstract: Abstract This paper established a small open general equilibrium model to investigate the effects of the changes of consumers' unit private mitigation expenditure on the unemployment rate and the urban-rural wage inequality etc.. We found… read more here.
Keywords: unemployment rate; wage inequality; mitigation;
How can robots affect wage inequality?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.12.015
Abstract: We explain the simultaneous presence of i) increasing per capita output, ii) declining real wages of low-skilled workers, and iii) a rising wage premium of higher education within a model of economic growth in the… read more here.
Keywords: affect wage; inequality; wage; wage inequality ... See more keywords
A spatial analysis of inward FDI and urban–rural wage inequality in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2021.100902
Abstract: Abstract This article investigates the spatial effect of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on urban–rural wage inequality, both in the short and long run, by employing the Spatial Durbin Model. In particular, we carefully consider… read more here.
Keywords: inequality; rural wage; urban rural; wage inequality ... See more keywords
Trade, technology, and the channels of wage inequality
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103607
Abstract: Abstract We use a large sample of German workers to analyse whether low-wage competition with China and Eastern Europe (the East) affects the wage structure within German manufacturing industries. In order to identify the channels… read more here.
Keywords: trade; wage inequality; trade technology; wage ... See more keywords
Did wage inequality increase in Portugal? Yes, and for good reasons
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1789057
Abstract: ABSTRACT As in Anglo-Saxon countries, wage inequality increased in Portugal from the beginning of the 1980s to the end of the 2000s. Using data from a matched employer-employee data set and reweighting methods, we show… read more here.
Keywords: inequality increase; increase portugal; portugal yes; wage inequality ... See more keywords
Have Changes in Gender Segregation and Occupational Closure Contributed to Increasing Wage Inequality in Germany, 1992–2012?
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DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcz055
Abstract: Wage inequality continued to increase through the 1990s and 2000s in post-industrial economies. This article contributes to the debate on occupations and inequality by assessing the role of occupational segregation and occupational closure for understanding… read more here.
Keywords: occupational closure; germany 1992; wage inequality; segregation occupational ... See more keywords
Wage inequality, skill‐specific unemployment and trade liberalization
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DOI: 10.1111/caje.12453
Abstract: Labour market outcomes of trade liberalization are at the heart of the policy debate. In this model, the long‐run effects of trade liberalization and trade‐induced skill‐biased technological change on wage inequality and unemployment are studied… read more here.
Keywords: wage inequality; unemployment; liberalization; trade liberalization ... See more keywords
Wages and Wage Inequality in South Africa 1994–2011: Part 1 – Wage Measurement and Trends
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DOI: 10.1111/saje.12148
Abstract: We analyse the long-term trends in wage inequality in South Africa, using household survey data. We show that the trends in household income inequality are largely driven by changes in wage inequality. Given the detailed… read more here.
Keywords: south africa; wages wage; wage inequality; inequality ... See more keywords